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â€œTremendous. This guy has done history like you would not believe.â€ -Glenn Beck The secrets of history's most enduring mystery are finally revealed in The Lost Empire of Atlantis. Through impeccable research and intelligent speculation, Gavin Menzies, the New York Times bestselling author of 1421, uncovers the truth behind the mysterious â€œlostâ€ city of Atlantis-making the startling claim that the â€œAtlanteansâ€ discovered America 4,000 years ago and ruled a vast Mediterranean empire that was violently destroyed in 1,500 BC. Forget everything you've ever thought about the Atlantis legend-Gavin Menzies will make you a believer!

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of illustrations and diagrams	p. xv
List of plates	p. xvi
Maps	p. xix
Discovery: The Minoan Civilisation
An Adventure on Crete	p. 3
Under the Volcano	p. 17
The Search for the Minoan Naval Base	p. 32
Return to Phaestos	p. 38
The Ancient Scholars Speak	p. 51
The Missing Link	p. 58
Who Were the Minoans? The DNA Trail	p. 64
Exploration: Voyages to the Near East
The Lost Wreck and the Buried Treasure Trove	p. 73
Sailing from Byzantium	p. 84
Life in the Library	p. 93
A Place of Many Names and Many Nations	p. 106
A Ship in the Desert	p. 115
New Worlds for Old	p. 119
Rich, Exotic Lands	p. 122
Proud Nineveh	p. 130
The Key to India?	p. 136
Indian Ocean Trade in the Bronze Age	p. 141
The Truth is in the Trade ...	p. 160
Journeys West
Nec Plus Ultra: Entering the Atlantic	p. 169
A Folk Memory of Home?	p. 179
Spain and La Tauromaquia	p. 188
Blazing the Trail to Dover	p. 191
The Land of Running Silver	p. 198
A Labyrinth in Dragon Country	p. 201
Strange Beasts and Astrolabes	p. 207
Examining the Heavens
Seeing the Skies in Stone ...	p. 215
Mediterranean and Atlantic Megaliths	p. 224
Stonehenge: the Master Work	p. 229
From the Med to the Megalith	p. 238
The Land that Time Forgot	p. 243
The Bronze Boy	p. 250
The Reaches of Empire
The Seekers Set Sail	p. 259
A Metallurgical Mystery	p. 272
Adventures by Water	p. 280
A Heavy Load Indeed	p. 284
Into the Deep Unknown	p. 290
So: the Proof	p. 294
The Legacy
The Spots Marked 'X'	p. 303
A New Beginning	p. 309
A Return to Crete	p. 314
The Legacy of Hope	p. 322
Timeline	p. 330
Epilogue: Plato and Atlantis, the Lost Paradise	p. 333
Bibliography	p. 347
Index	p. 361
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The Lost Empire of Atlantis

The Lost Empire of Atlantis

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