What Do We Know About Atlantis?

By Emma Carlson Berne, Who HQ and Manuel Gutierrez

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Does the underwater kingdom of Atlantis really exist, or is it just a centuries-old myth? Find out all there is to know about Atlantis in this compelling and up-to-date addition to an exciting new series!

From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes What Do We Know About?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous crytpids, mysteries, and more.

What Do We Know About Atlantis? lets curious young readers dive into what we really know about the sunken city. First described by Plato, the idea of Atlantis has existed since 360 B.C.! Learn about the history of the Greek god Poseidon's relationship with the kingdom and the real research that's been done by historians and scientists who are trying to locate Atlantis. Featured in plenty of movies, books, and comics, Atlantis is still relevant in popular culture today...but does it really exist? Find out all the facts we do know about it in this exciting book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Release date: Nov 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9780593386903

Emma Carlson Berne

Emma Carlson Berne has written and edited more than two dozen books for young people. She holds a master's degree in composition and rhetoric from Miami University. Emma lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two sons. Visit her online at emmacarlsonberne.com.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN 9780593386880 (paperback)

ISBN 9780593386897 (library binding)

ISBN 9780593386903 (ebook)

Design adapted for ebook by Andrew Wheatley

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For the students of Wyoming Middle School—ECB

Per la mia perduta principessa atlantidea—MG

Contents

What Do We Know About Atlantis?

The Lost City

Atlantis Explosion

Other Atlantises

The Atlantis Requirements

Where in the World?

Closer to (Plato’s) Home

Atlantis Found?

On the Page

Imagining Atlantis

Timelines

Bibliography

What Do We Know About Atlantis?

The hot sun blazed down on Spyridon’s head. He pulled his pith helmet farther down his brow and ignored the sweat trickling down his neck. He sat back on his heels and gazed into the excavated pit in front of him. Spyridon Marinatos had been an archeologist for forty years. By 1967, he was a professor. He was the inspector general of the Greek Antiquities Service. He’d excavated too many artifacts in his career to count. But this—this—was the most exciting dig he’d ever led.

They’d only been digging for a few weeks on the Greek Island of Santorini, but already, they’d found a stone doorway, the base of a column, and piles of old pottery. People had lived here—lots of people. Now, the forty miners helping the team were carefully scraping away the hard, chalky dirt. Most of the nearby villagers were busy harvesting their tomato crop, but a few wandered away from their fields to watch. Then, a shout went up. One of the diggers had found flakes of plaster—white. Spyridon ran over to him. Frescoes! The plaster was from painted murals that had once decorated the walls of ancient buildings and homes.