CAS AR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Glyn Daniel, Embezzlement, Nazca Lines
21 Apr 2016
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Ar101 lecture 25: from atlantis to aliens: arch, pseudoarch, & the public appetite for mystery. Glyn daniel (1914-1986) disney professor of arch. at university of cambridge & a noted arch. Pseudoarch. (aka fantastic arch, cult arch, lunatic fringe : sells mystery & the unknown, unscientific & anti-scientific, uncritical, faith-based, all about money. Scientific method: data, hypothesis, test, retest, model building, theory. Atlantis: literature: plato, solon athenian statesman, age: 9000 years before solon (according to plato) Atlantis thrived & sank 11,700 years ago: 1st king: atlas. 9 other semi-divine siblings who were sets of twins & also kings (poseidon & cleito) As procreated, divinity watered down & eventually were corrupted which brought their loss to athens & zeus sinking them (earthquake & volcanic eruption) Atlantis is where man first rose from barbarism to civilization. Gods & goddesses of other cultures were kings & queens of atlantis. Implements of the bronze age in europe derived from atlantis.
