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The Wars of Atlantis
On the very edge of recorded history, the fabled island of Atlantis formed the centre of a vast and powerful empire. From there, the divinely-descended lords of the western ocean made war on the rest of the world, until a brave resistance drove them back, and the gods punished them for their hubris. In that last cataclysmic struggle, between gods and mortals, the whole island continent was cast into the sea.
For the first time, this book reconstructs the fact and fiction of that lost age of gods and heroes, including the political organization of the Atlantean Empire, the equipment and tactics of the armies of Atlantis and their enemies, and the stories of the great wars themselves, from the early struggles between Atlantean colonies and the Amazons of North Africa to the final and catastrophic counter-invasion of Atlantis by the peoples of Europe and Asia.
For the first time, this book reconstructs the fact and fiction of that lost age of gods and heroes, including the political organization of the Atlantean Empire, the equipment and tactics of the armies of Atlantis and their enemies, and the stories of the great wars themselves, from the early struggles between Atlantean colonies and the Amazons of North Africa to the final and catastrophic counter-invasion of Atlantis by the peoples of Europe and Asia.
80 pages, Paperback
First published July 20, 2015
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February 8, 2017
An enjoyable read, I am formulating some ideas to bring the 'history' into a role-playing game. I would recommend this to anyone similarly interested in gaming or an alternate history treatment of Antediluvian times.
I was intrigued how much the chronology dealt with pre-history Greece, Egypt and an Amazonian culture as well as Atlantis.
I was intrigued how much the chronology dealt with pre-history Greece, Egypt and an Amazonian culture as well as Atlantis.
July 15, 2018
From Osprey Adventures this book reads like an RPG source book and feels like it would have been better done within the 'Myths and Legends' series. Perhaps it was intended for this, but the format made it difficult.
Using Plato's limited information this book lays out and examines the story of Atlantis and it's eventual 'decline' under the waves. This is a great fun little book examining the story of 12 millenia ago, and it's impact on Atlantis, Africa (Amazons), Egypt and Greece. Not to be taken too seriously due to the large amount of guess work required, but a great source for RPG, story telling and myth making!
Using Plato's limited information this book lays out and examines the story of Atlantis and it's eventual 'decline' under the waves. This is a great fun little book examining the story of 12 millenia ago, and it's impact on Atlantis, Africa (Amazons), Egypt and Greece. Not to be taken too seriously due to the large amount of guess work required, but a great source for RPG, story telling and myth making!
August 16, 2024
Atlantis Never More
I was excited about the version of the Gods in this story. And I appreciated the added mysteries also described in various books. I know Atlantis existed and was a great continent! Priest’s and Priestesses in there Temples with highly advanced technology. They did however destroy themselves because of their craving for power! This was a good read! Thank you.
I was excited about the version of the Gods in this story. And I appreciated the added mysteries also described in various books. I know Atlantis existed and was a great continent! Priest’s and Priestesses in there Temples with highly advanced technology. They did however destroy themselves because of their craving for power! This was a good read! Thank you.
October 1, 2021
Probably the weakest of the ones I've read so far. Interesting though
December 15, 2021
Interesting...
January 30, 2022
fun read. some interesting folklore
October 23, 2023
A path I would not choose. There were better options to take. Interesting though!
June 24, 2018
‘Atlantis’ the name itself has an aura of mystery and awe. The legend of Atlantis is too well known to bear repetition, its creation by Sea God Poseidon for his mortal wife Cleito and her ten sons, the legendary riches and development and the ultimate catastrophe of sinking into the sea during the course of one night and day.
The earliest references to Atlantis occur in two of the “Dialogues of Plato” – ‘Timaeus’ and ‘Critias’. According to these Atlantis was a continent sized island beyond the Pillars of Heracles (Gibraltar) between Europe and the land mass beyond the sea. The details were told to the Athenian law giver Solon during his visit to Egypt by the High Priest of the Temple in the city of Sais. According to him after enumerating the greatness of Atlantean civilization, due to some natural catastrophes the island sank without a trace into the day in the course of one night and one day. This occurred about 9,000 years before the time of Solon or approximately 9500 BCE. The High Priest said that records from Atlantis are available with the Egyptians and hence their knowledge of ancient history was deeper and wider than what the Greeks knew.
The next historic reference appears in the works of Greek historian Diodorus Siculus , who worked for the Roman Empire in the 1st Century BCE.
Thereafter for many centuries Atlantis remained forgotten. In the eighteenth nineteenth centuries European scholars once again revived interest not only in the lost continent of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean, but also of the lost continents of Lemuria in the Indian Ocean and Mu in the Pacific Ocean. The last two mysterious islands have no reference in ancient times.
American Psychic Edgar Cayce had predicted “Atlantis would rise again sometime in 1968 / 1969. But through my school and college days shortly thereafter, I only read about Atlantis in two of Charles Berlitz’s books. Edward Cayce had also predicted that “an Atlantean ‘Hall of Records’ would in time be discovered under or very near to the Sphinx, in Egypt. (Actually, Cayce said that there were three great troves of Atlantean lore awaiting discovery, one in the Yucatan, one in a sunken area which would rise again, probably near Bimini, and one in Egypt) This collection of data, left as a kind of time capsule in the wake of the disaster which destroyed the island, would restore a great deal of lost knowledge about the ancient history of humanity."
In 2010 there was a strong claim that such a “Hall of Records” had been found under the Giza Plateau and in December 2010 death of six Egyptians was reported near this site who were excavating illegally. Thereafter the Egyptian Ministry of Antiques, prohibited all such excavations and has also gagged any news regarding such discovery.
Reference to labyrinthine Hall of Records appears in Herodotus’ Histories in which he describes the Hall in Egypt which he claims he has seen.
This book ‘The Wars of Atlantis’ describes the History and legend of Atlantis based on the Dialogues of Plato, writings of 1st Century BCE historian Diodorus Siculus and whatever information has been gleaned from the translations of the writings in the Hall of Records. The author claims that the Atlantean language is called Senzar.
“The language of the island of Atlantis was called Senzar. This language’s relationship to others is hard to trace; it seems to have belonged to a unique family all of its own. The Atlantean Empire and its rivals also used local languages of the time, which were, in contrast, related to identifiable modern tongues. Senzar was written in an incredibly sophisticated script including a lot of information-dense symbolism; decoding all of the Senzar texts found beneath the Sphinx in Egypt is likely to be the work of lifetimes. As these Senzar texts are the only source of information on some of the internal workings of the Empire, and on Atlantean strategic thinking during the wars of conquest and revolt, much of the information in this book must be considered provisional. There may be great discoveries still to come in Atlantean studies.”
Much of the story of the wars is just like most kingdoms of that era, but holds our interest because it pertains to Atlantis. The pictures in the book are interesting, but whether they were real pictures from Atlantis copied from the records found in the Hall of Records or photo-shopped or copied from other sources is an important question.
Irrespective of the authenticity of the information in this book (first published 2015) it makes for a very interesting read, especially for the followers of alt-history / archaeology. The Atlantean society, development, the campaign and the destruction of Atlantis are very coherently presented in easy language.
A genuine and good effort and recommended reading, if not for history definitely as a work of historical fiction.
The earliest references to Atlantis occur in two of the “Dialogues of Plato” – ‘Timaeus’ and ‘Critias’. According to these Atlantis was a continent sized island beyond the Pillars of Heracles (Gibraltar) between Europe and the land mass beyond the sea. The details were told to the Athenian law giver Solon during his visit to Egypt by the High Priest of the Temple in the city of Sais. According to him after enumerating the greatness of Atlantean civilization, due to some natural catastrophes the island sank without a trace into the day in the course of one night and one day. This occurred about 9,000 years before the time of Solon or approximately 9500 BCE. The High Priest said that records from Atlantis are available with the Egyptians and hence their knowledge of ancient history was deeper and wider than what the Greeks knew.
The next historic reference appears in the works of Greek historian Diodorus Siculus , who worked for the Roman Empire in the 1st Century BCE.
Thereafter for many centuries Atlantis remained forgotten. In the eighteenth nineteenth centuries European scholars once again revived interest not only in the lost continent of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean, but also of the lost continents of Lemuria in the Indian Ocean and Mu in the Pacific Ocean. The last two mysterious islands have no reference in ancient times.
American Psychic Edgar Cayce had predicted “Atlantis would rise again sometime in 1968 / 1969. But through my school and college days shortly thereafter, I only read about Atlantis in two of Charles Berlitz’s books. Edward Cayce had also predicted that “an Atlantean ‘Hall of Records’ would in time be discovered under or very near to the Sphinx, in Egypt. (Actually, Cayce said that there were three great troves of Atlantean lore awaiting discovery, one in the Yucatan, one in a sunken area which would rise again, probably near Bimini, and one in Egypt) This collection of data, left as a kind of time capsule in the wake of the disaster which destroyed the island, would restore a great deal of lost knowledge about the ancient history of humanity."
In 2010 there was a strong claim that such a “Hall of Records” had been found under the Giza Plateau and in December 2010 death of six Egyptians was reported near this site who were excavating illegally. Thereafter the Egyptian Ministry of Antiques, prohibited all such excavations and has also gagged any news regarding such discovery.
Reference to labyrinthine Hall of Records appears in Herodotus’ Histories in which he describes the Hall in Egypt which he claims he has seen.
This book ‘The Wars of Atlantis’ describes the History and legend of Atlantis based on the Dialogues of Plato, writings of 1st Century BCE historian Diodorus Siculus and whatever information has been gleaned from the translations of the writings in the Hall of Records. The author claims that the Atlantean language is called Senzar.
“The language of the island of Atlantis was called Senzar. This language’s relationship to others is hard to trace; it seems to have belonged to a unique family all of its own. The Atlantean Empire and its rivals also used local languages of the time, which were, in contrast, related to identifiable modern tongues. Senzar was written in an incredibly sophisticated script including a lot of information-dense symbolism; decoding all of the Senzar texts found beneath the Sphinx in Egypt is likely to be the work of lifetimes. As these Senzar texts are the only source of information on some of the internal workings of the Empire, and on Atlantean strategic thinking during the wars of conquest and revolt, much of the information in this book must be considered provisional. There may be great discoveries still to come in Atlantean studies.”
Much of the story of the wars is just like most kingdoms of that era, but holds our interest because it pertains to Atlantis. The pictures in the book are interesting, but whether they were real pictures from Atlantis copied from the records found in the Hall of Records or photo-shopped or copied from other sources is an important question.
Irrespective of the authenticity of the information in this book (first published 2015) it makes for a very interesting read, especially for the followers of alt-history / archaeology. The Atlantean society, development, the campaign and the destruction of Atlantis are very coherently presented in easy language.
A genuine and good effort and recommended reading, if not for history definitely as a work of historical fiction.
February 25, 2017
Part of Osprey Publishing's "Adventures" series, presenting fiction in a factual manner.
Looks at the creation of Atlantis, the structure of its rulers and armies and compares with other races of the same time.
You don't actually get to any war description until just over halfway through the book, at which point it becomes a bit more interesting.
Overall, it's quite a "dry" read, considering the subject matter. Well illustrated.
Looks at the creation of Atlantis, the structure of its rulers and armies and compares with other races of the same time.
You don't actually get to any war description until just over halfway through the book, at which point it becomes a bit more interesting.
Overall, it's quite a "dry" read, considering the subject matter. Well illustrated.
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