Atlantis, Old and New
The story of Atlantis was invented by Plato in an unfinished sequel to the Republic constituted by the Timaeus and the Critias. These two dialogues attempt to relate the politica...
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Fantasy is a tough sell in the twenty-first century. The world has been completely discovered and fully charted. Popular media has effectively minimized the legend and fantastic rumor, and advances ...
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Walking slowly along the beach, when a mermaid emerges from the deeps of ocean tightly grasping my leg, while the fiery bird gracefully flees past the darkened sky. I wake up to find myself dreaming...
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Atlantis is one of the many unknown mysteries of the world. There have been many myths of Atlantis but the truth is still unknown. Many people have many theories of Atlantis; the most famous of whic...
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Atlantis, Paradise Island is known for its water slides and fantastical pink towers, and is consistently rated by travel magazines as one of the Caribbean's most child-friendly resorts.Now the mega...
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Washington (dpa) - Rain continued to threaten the Florida region
for later Friday, increasing the prospects that the Atlantis shuttle
may have to continue orbiting another ...
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The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost.But amid the smiles and salutati...
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A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.A modified Boeing 747 with the shuttle mounted on it...
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Space shuttle Atlantis began a slow trek to the launch pad early Wednesday, a major step toward a mission to resume construction of the international space station for the first time in t...
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Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring a crew member home from the outpost....
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Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert. Sunita "Suni" Will...
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Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert. Sunita "Suni" Will...
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After a three-month delay, NASA entered the final day of a launch countdown for space shuttle Atlantis Thursday with no major technical problems looming and a forecast for promising weather.Forecas...
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With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be an urgent problem on Saturday, the crew readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with t...
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