week 6 lost civilizations- atlantis
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Sept. 24th
Lost Civilizations, such as Atlantis
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Aztecs
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New age worshippers at Chichen Itza, Mexico
Modern druids atStonehenge, England
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Is there some grain of truth in the notion of brilliant but disappeared civilizations?
What role can archaeology play in bringing these stories to life?
If there is not much truth in these stories, can such stories still play a valuable role?
Or is there harm in these stories?
Is there any archaeological evidence for ancient cataclysms that have actually led tothe destruction of ancient societies?
Questions for today
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Plato: 427-347citizen of Athens, Greece
Plato’s vision of Atlantis
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Minoans
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--Like Atlantis, the Minoans flourished long before Plato
Why the ancient Minoans serve as a model for Atlantis
--Plato would have known about the Minoans
--Like Atlanteans, the Minoans were extremely gifted artists and engineers.
--Like Atlanteans, the Minoans had huge cities.
--Like Atlanteans, The Minoans lived on an island
--Like Atlantis, the Minoan civilization came to a mysterious end.
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Minotaur
Theseus slays the Minotaur
King Minos
Son killed by bullnear Athens
Minos seeks revenge
Sends Atheniansto die in theLabyrinth
Has Daedalusbuild the Labyrinth
Minoans in Greekmythology
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Three major Minoan palaces found on Crete
Palaces reach their pinnacle at about 1500 BC
Palace of Knossos is largest
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Palace of Mallia
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Arthur Evans(British, 1851-1941)
Excavated Knossos beginning in 1900
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Michael Ventris(British, 1922-1956)Deciphers Linear B
Linear A(has not been deciphered)
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Knossos palace fresco: “Bull leaper”
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Knossos palace fresco
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Vessel made of stone
Bull made of stone
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Vessel made of stone
Vessel made of fired clay
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Human sculpture made of ivory (elephant tusks), Palaikastro, Crete
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Robert SchochCoastal Peru
Mexico
England
Illinois
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Minoans
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Akrotiri
EARTHQUAKE!!
Island of Santorini
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Akrotiri
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Volcanic Eruption!!
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Well-preserved buildingsat Akrotiri
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Wall paintings preservedat Akrotiri
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Wall painting preserved at Akrotiri
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”The sun was dark and its darkness lasted for eighteen months; each day it shown for about four hours; and still this light was only a feeble shadow…”
(John of Ephesus, Mesopotamia)
”For the sun gave forth its light without brightness, like the moon, during this whole year, and it seemed exceedingly like the sun in eclipse, for the beams it shed were not clear or such as it is accustomed to shed.”
(Procopius, Byzantium)
“We wonder that at noon bodies do not have shadows” (Senator Cassiodorus, Ravenna, Italy)
"Yellow dust rained down like snow. It could be scooped up in handfuls." (Nan Shi Ancient Chronicle of Southern China)
“rain is red and snow falls yellow” (The History of the Southern Dynasties)
The 536 AD event