Meet Me in Atlantis, Mark Adams
Meet Me in Atlantis, Mark Adams
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Meet Me in Atlantis
My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City

Author: Mark Adams

Narrator: Andrew Garman

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2015

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city of Atlantis. A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger discovery: Amateur explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based entirely on the clues Plato left behind. Exposed to the Atlantis obsession, Adams decides to track down these people and determine why they believe it's possible to find the world's most famous lost city and whether any of their theories could prove or disprove its existence. He visits scientists who use cutting-edge technology to find legendary civilizations once thought to be fictional. He examines the numerical and musical codes hidden in Plato's writings, and with the help of some charismatic sleuths traces their roots back to Pythagoras, the sixth-century BC mathematician. He learns how ancient societies transmitted accounts of cataclysmic events-and how one might dig out the "kernel of truth" in Plato's original tale. Meet Me in Atlantis is Adams's enthralling account of his quest to solve one of history's greatest mysteries; a travelogue that takes readers to fascinating locations to meet irresistible characters; and a deep, often humorous look at the human longing to rediscover a lost world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on January 05, 2019

I've read a lot of books about Atlantis, novels, of course, but also non-fiction. Back in the 70s, I was so fascinated by the idea that the Greek island of Santorini was the basis of Atlantis that I visited it. However, I did not stay at the Hotel Atlantis, but slept on the beach, a great way to sa......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on May 25, 2015

Interesting subject and the author did some extensive research but it didn't hold my interest all the way through as I had hoped it would. I found myself skimming parts toward the end. It began to read like a textbook and while the topic is incredibly interesting, it started to drag on. The reader k......more

Goodreads review by Edwin on April 02, 2016

If you ever want to travel around the Mediterranean and learn some stuff, without ever leaving your armchair, Meet Me in Atlantis: My Quest to Find the 2,500-Year-Old Sunken City is a good way to do it, as Adams takes you on his personal journey in search of the “real” story of Plato’s lost city of......more

Goodreads review by Melora on July 20, 2015

Lots of fun! It lagged a bit at around the halfway mark, with talk of rings, canals, and plains becoming somewhat repetitive, but the second half was even better than the first, and the book finished strong. I had expected more on the history of the myth of Atlantis, and Adams is very much focused o......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 01, 2018

Like almost all of the reviewers, I grabbed this book (from the library) shortly after reading "Right Turn at Machu Picchu", expecting the same type of lively and witty writing...hopefully relating adventures experienced while searching for the most elusive mythological place in all of history. Righ......more

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