{"id":2384,"date":"2010-05-31T19:06:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T19:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:21:09","slug":"architecture-of-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/architecture-of-atlantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture of Atlantis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/strong> A<\/strong>rchitecture<\/strong> of<\/strong> A<\/strong>tlantis <\/strong>is described in such detail that you can almost feel the \u2019buzz\u2019 of a large maritime capital. We are left with the feeling that it is either the creation of a skilled writer or the report of an observant eyewitness. Once again, I am inclined to see it as an amalgam of both. Quite possibly the description is based on one of the models that have been suggested by some writers, such as Troy<\/a>, Syracuse<\/a>, Carthage<\/a>\u00a0or even Athens. In fact, elements from all these can be seen in Plato\u2019s Atlantis.<\/p>\n

The canals, bridges, watchtowers, warehouses and the acropolis, as described, would all have been within the experience of Plato or his associates.<\/p>\n

H. R. Stahel<\/a> a professional architect has published a book[<\/sup>560<\/a><\/sup>] <\/sup>illustrating the principal features of the city described by Plato.<\/p>\n

Mention should be made of the dimensions<\/a> ascribed by Plato to some of the architectural features of Atlantis, which appear to be exaggerated even for a sophisticated Late Bronze Age city. No matter how wealthy Atlantis may have been, the level of over-engineering suggested by Plato is not credible. However, Ulf Richter<\/a> has recently provided a rational explanation for the apparently extravagant structures in the city by suggesting that the much shorter Egyptian khet <\/a><\/em>rather than the Greek stade<\/a><\/em> was the unit of measurement originally recorded by Solon.<\/p>\n

For the record, I should mention that the earliest prehistoric archictecture was reported in 2012(a)<\/sup> after the remains of 20,000 year-old\u00a0 huts were discovered in Jordan. A decade ago, it was discovered that the Zarqa Valley, also in Jordan, has been inhabited and irrigated for 13,000 years(b)<\/sup>, which is is close to the time of G\u00f6bekli Tepe<\/a>!<\/p>\n

(a) <\/sup>https:\/\/www.world-archaeology.com\/world\/asia\/jordan\/20000-year-old-huts-in-jordan\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

(b) <\/sup> <\/span>https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2009\/12\/091215155956.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Architecture of Atlantis is described in such detail that you can almost feel the \u2019buzz\u2019 of a large maritime capital. We are left with the feeling that it is either the creation of a skilled writer or the report of an observant eyewitness. Once again, I am inclined to see it as an amalgam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[678,320,244,1633,676,677,336,45,274,6067],"class_list":["post-2384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-carthage","tag-gobekli-tepe","tag-h-stahel","tag-jordan","tag-khet","tag-stade","tag-syracuse","tag-troy","tag-ulf-richter","tag-zarqa-valley"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65345,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384\/revisions\/65345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}