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“Tremendous. This guy has done history like you would not believe.”
—Glenn Beck
“Vivid popular history . . . With verve and unflagging conviction, Gavin Menzies advances a thesis that, if proved, would fundamentally rewrite the history of 15th-century maritime exploration.
— New York Times Book Review
The astonishing true story of the lost city of Atlantis.
In 1500 B.C. a supervolcano beneath the Greek island of Santorini exploded in a near-apocalyptic eruption. Buried beneath the rubble and waves was the world’s most remarkable lost civilization. . . .
New York Times bestselling historian Gavin Menzies presents newly uncovered evidence revealing, conclusively, that “the lost city of Atlantis” was not only real but also at the heart of a highly advanced global empire that reached the shores of America before being violently wiped from the earth.
For three millennia, the legend of Atlantis has gripped the imaginations of explorers, philosophers, occultists, treasure hunters, historians, and archaeologists. Until now, it has remained shrouded in myth. Yet, like ancient Troy, is it possible that this fabled city actually existed? If so, what happened to it and what are its secrets? The fascinating reality of Atlantis’s epic glory and destruction are uncovered, finally, in these pages in thrilling detail by the iconoclastic historian Gavin Menzies—father of some of “the most revolutionary ideas in the history of history” (New York Times).
Meticulously analyzing exciting new geologic research, recently unearthed archaeological artifacts, and cutting-edge DNA evidence, Menzies has made a jaw-dropping discovery: Atlantis truly did exist, and was part of the incredibly advanced Minoan civilization that extended from its Mediterranean base to England, India, and even America. In The Lost Empire of Atlantis, he constructs a vivid portrait of this legendary civilization and shares his remarkable findings.
As riveting as an Indiana Jones adventure, The Lost Empire of Atlantis is a revolutionary work of popular history that will forever change our understanding of the past.
Is there really a lost city of Atlantis? Since Plato first wrote about this mysterious place more than two thousand years ago, people have fruitlessly searched for traces of the legendary civilization. Now Gavin Menzies uncovers the truth, making the startling claim that Atlantis was actually a Minoan civilization based in Crete, and that its people ruled a vast empire based in the Mediterranean that was violently destroyed in 1500 BCE.
Menzies, the best-selling author of 1421: The Year the Chinese Discovered America draws on ancient shipbuilding and navigation techniques, metallurgy and DNA evidence to reveal a trading empire that reached from the Great Lakes to India. He uncovers the mining operation the Minoans operated in North America, three thousand years before Columbus “discovered” the continent. And he details the cataclysmic event that destroyed this powerful civilization. The Lost Empire of Atlantis is an authoritative and compelling exploration of one of the world’s great mysteries. Gavin Menzies is the best-selling author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America and 1434: The Year China Ignited the Renaissance. Born in England, he served in the Royal Navy between 1953 and 1970. His knowledge of seafaring and navigation sparked his interest in the epic voyages of Chinese Admiral Zhang He, which he described in 1421 and 1434.
