Searching for Lost Worlds: Atlantis: Mystery of the Minoan (VHS)

• Category:  Video  »  Special Interests  »  World History/Culture
• Format: VHS   Learn more about the VHS format using Tower WIKI.
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. & Canada only.)  Learn more about Region formats.
  
• Number of Discs: 1
• UPC/EAN: 711027044235
• WAPI (Tower ID): 110584811
• Studio: Unapix Home Entertainment
• Release Date: October 19, 1999
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What riddle did a schoolboy solve that an 85-year-old millionaire could not? It took him 16 years, but schoolboy Michael Ventris cracked the code of Linear B, which millionaire explorer Arthur Evans had puzzled over for decades. Evans was obsessed by the belief that a Mediterranean civilization had predated the Greeks, providing the real-life basis for Plato's legend of Atlantis and figures such as Daedalus, Icarus, Theseus, and the Minotaur. His obsession led him to Crete, where he haggled successfully to purchase the site of Knossos, historical home of the Minoans.

Atlantis traces the history of Evans's excavations of Minoan ruins--a culture with exquisite frescoes, warehouses of grain, honey, oil, and wine, running water and sewage drains, and writing systems Linear A and B. Learn why a society that thrived for 5,000 years suddenly vanished in 1400 B.C. Discover Evans's controversial plan to reconstruct Knossos and return it to its former glory. This video will appeal to armchair archaeologists, Greek mythology buffs, and those curious about Minoan culture, but the real treasure of Atlantis is the footage of spectacularly well- preserved, vividly colored Minoan art frescoes and interior design. --Tara Chace

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