The Home of the Gods: Atlantis from Legend to Discovery (Berkley Medallion Book) (U) - SKU 162758

Folklore of fact? The author of "On the Shores of Distant Worlds," "Beyond the Time Barrier," and "Ancient Aliens: Riddles of Science" examines the legacy of the lost continent.Why did the Aztecs constantly await the visitations of supreme rulers from an island in the East?Why did the ancient Egyptians believe that their culture-bearer, Thoth, had come from a land in the Western Sea?Why are the sites of London and Paris not buried under ice as they were 12,000 years ago?Why did the climate of the Atlantic basin suddenly warm up?Did the sinking of Atlantis enable the warm Gulf Stream to penetrate and heat the Americas?In "Atlantis: The Home of the Gods - From Legend to Discovery," international discoverer Andrew Tomas suggests that Atlantis was to the east of Mexico and to the west of Egypt - the Atlantis of Plato, called Aztlan by the Central Americans. In antiquity, one can find evidence of progressive scientific thinking. Its presence can be explained by a legacy left from a highly technological civilization that disappeared without a trace, to live on only in the folk memories of all peoples."A tantalizing exploration of unexplained facts..." -The Evening Telegraph