Atlantis Looking into the Past Professor Richard Freund bent over the satellite photo Beneath the mud he could clearly see the shape of wide rings There was another shape in the middle of the rings It looked like a rectangle Could this be the remains of a building People have been trying to find the lost island of Atlantis for centuries but was it ever real 4
Lost Atlantis Freund looked at his fellow scientists Were they the rings of land and sea described in the legends Was the rectangle the remains of a temple to the god Poseidon Was the whole thing covered in mud because of a tsunami If Freund’s questions were true then his team may have just found the lost city of Atlantis Poseidon was the ancient Greek god of the sea In pictures he is often shown carrying a long fork with three prongs called a trident He was said to use this weapon to cause earthquakes tsunami a huge sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake 5 ATLANTIS
Ancient Paradise Atlantis was an island paradise said to have existed more than 11,000 years ago It had high mountains streams and forests full of different animals It also had plains with rich soil so people could grow crops all year round Valuable metals such as gold and silver were found in the ground The island of Atlantis was said to be home to a rich and powerful civilization 6
ATLANTIS Land of Plenty The island of Atlantis was divided into 10 kingdoms Each kingdom had its own main city and was ruled by a powerful king The island’s great capital city was built on a hill and contained beautiful buildings and structures Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island Timaeus by Plato The island of Atlantis was controlled by the god Poseidon The kings that ruled the kingdoms were descendants of Poseidon descendants people who are related to a particular ancestor 7
