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Atlantean (other)
As an adjective, Atlantean (or Atlantian) means "of or pertaining to Atlas or Atlantis". Atlantean may also refer to: * Atlantean figures, a type of ancient artifacts * ''Atlantean'' (documentary series), a trilogy of TV films discussing the origins of the European coastal peoples * Atlanteans (DC Comics), a fictional species in the DC Universe * Atlanteans (Marvel Comics), a fictional species in the Marvel Universe * Leyland Atlantean, a model of double-decker bus * Atlantean language, a constructed language created for Disney's film ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' * Atlantean Scion ''Tomb Raider'' is a 1996 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive as the debut entry in the ''Tomb Raider'' media franchise. It was first released on the Sega Saturn, followed shortly by versions ..., a fictional device in the game ''Tomb Raider'' * Ancient (''Stargate''), a race in the ''Stargate'' universe, also known as Atlanteans or Lanteans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlas (other)
An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional characters * Atlas (''Teen Titans'') * Atlas, an ''Astro Boy'' (1980) character * Atlas (''BioShock'') * Atlas, a BattleMech in the ''BattleTech'' universe * Atlas, an antagonist in ''Mega Man ZX Advent'' * Atlas, a ''Portal 2'' character * Atlas, a '' PS238'' character * Erik Josten, a.k.a. Atlas, a Marvel Comics supervillain * The Atlas, a strong driving force from ''No Man's Sky'' Literature * ''Atlas'', a photography book by Gerhard Richter * ''The Atlas'' (novel), by William T. Vollmann * ''Atlas'' (magazine) * ''The Atlas'' (newspaper), published in England from 1826 to 1869 Music Bands * Atlas (band), a New Zealand rock band Albums * ''Atlas'' (Kinky album) * ''Atlas'' (Laurel Halo album) * ''Atlas'' (Parkway Drive album) * ''Atlas'' (Real Estate album) * ''Atlas'' (RÜFÜS album) * ''Atlas'' (The Score album) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis
Atlantis () is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and ''Critias'' as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world, making it the literary counter-image of the Achaemenid Empire. After an ill-fated attempt to conquer "Ancient Athens," Atlantis falls out of favor with the deities and submerges into the Atlantic Ocean. Since Plato describes Athens as resembling his ideal state in the ''Republic'', the Atlantis story is meant to bear witness to the superiority of his concept of a state. Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's ''New Atlantis'' and Thomas More's ''Utopia''. On the other hand, nineteenth-century amateur scholars misinterpreted Plato's narrative as histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantean Figures
The Atlantean figures are four anthropomorphic statues belonging to the Toltec culture in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. These figures are "massive statues of Toltec warriors". They take their post-Columbian name from the European tradition of similar Atlas or Atalante figures in classical architecture. Though the most famous Atlantean figures reside in Tula, the Olmecs were the first to use Atlantean figures on a relief discovered in Potrero Nuevo. Mayan sculptors also created "Atlantean" figures in Chichen Itza. Furthermore, the Aztecs also created warrior statues strongly inspired by these Atlantean figures in Tula. Composition The Atlantean figures in Tula are hand-carved statues made from the available stone in the area: limestone, sandstone, and volcanic rock. To carve them, sculptors would have used stone tools, such as chisels for fine sculpting, scrapers of various sizes, and stone hammers. Additional smaller and softer stones were used for smoothing. The process of cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantean (documentary Series)
''Atlantean'' is a quartet of documentary films and accompanying book (''The Atlantean Irish'', Lilliput, 2005) by the Irish filmmaker Bob Quinn. The films and the book dismissed as myth the popular belief in origins of the inhabitants of Ireland and proposed instead that they are part of a common 'Atlantean' culture that includes the western seaboard of Europe and North Africa. Overview Quinn focused on various traditional aspects of Irish culture and argued for their non-Celtic nature. One aspect that he stressed is the role of sailing in Connemara society, where his films were made. Quinn investigated the history of the Atlantic sea lanes from the Baltic Sea, Ireland, Britain to as far south as the Mediterranean and North Africa. Quinn suggested that Ireland's first inhabitants came by boat sometime after the end of the last ice age, probably from the warmer, more populous south. As navigation gave rise to coastal settlement over long periods of time, overseas trade and cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis (Aquaman)
Atlantis, sometimes also called the Kingdom of Atlantis or the Atlantean Empire, is a fictional civilization appearing American comic books published by DC Comics based upon the mentioning of the island within Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and ''Critias.'' First appearing in ''More Fun Comics #87 (May 1942),'' the setting is often associated with the hero Aquaman. Within the DC Universe, Atlantis houses various aquatic-based human lifeforms whose biological adaptations often originate from both environmental changes when Atlantis sunk in a cataclysmic event within its history and influence from its magical origins. A nation considered a superpower, it is often stated to be among the oldest and most sophisticated civilization within the fictional universe throughout its collective history and possess significant technological and magical capabilities. Historically a hereditary monarchy, many stories involving Atlantis as a setting focuses on conflicts regarding its succession of leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homo Mermanus
The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features. Places Certain places feature prominently in the Marvel Universe, some real-life, others fictional and unique to the setting; fictional places may appear in conjunction with, or even within, real-world locales. Earth New York City Many Marvel Comics stories are set in New York City, where the publishing company is based. =Superhero sites= New York is the site of many places important to superheroes: * Avengers Mansion: Currently in ruin, but long the home of the Avengers. * Avengers Tower: Formerly Stark Tower, the current headquarters of the Avengers. * Alias Investigations: A private investigations firm founded and owned by Jessica Jones. * Baxter Building and Four Freedoms Plaza: The bases of the Fantastic Four. * ''Daily Bugle'': A newspaper building where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyland Atlantean
The Leyland Atlantean is a predominantly double-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland Motors between 1958 and 1986. Only 17 Atlantean chassis were bodied as single deck from new. It pioneered the design of rear-engined, front entrance double deck buses in the United Kingdom, allowing for the introduction of one man operation buses, dispensing with the need for a bus conductor. The prototypes In the years immediately following World War II, bus operators in the United Kingdom faced a downturn in the numbers of passengers carried and manufacturers began looking at ways to economise. A few experimental rear-engined buses had been produced before the war but none successfully made it beyond the prototype stage. The need to minimise the intrusion of the engine into passenger carrying space was a priority, leading to several underfloor-engined single-deck designs. However, such designs raised the height of the floor of the vehicle, forcing additional steps at the entrance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantean Language
The Atlantean language is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand specially for the Walt Disney Feature Animation film '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. The language was intended by the script-writers to be a possible mother language, and Okrand crafted it to include a vast Indo-European word stock with its very own grammar, which is at times described as highly agglutinative, inspired by Sumerian and North American Indigenous languages. Creation The Atlantean language (''Dig Adlantisag'') is a historically constructed, artistic language put together by Marc Okrand for Disney's 2001 film ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' and associated media."Production Notes." Atlantis-The Lost Empire. Ed. Tim Montgomery, 1996–2007. The Unofficial Disney Animation Archive. 13 January 2007Animationarchive.net/ref> The Atlantean language is therefore based both on historic reconstructions as well as on the elaborate fantasy/science fiction of the ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' mythos. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantean Scion
''Tomb Raider'' is a 1996 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive as the debut entry in the ''Tomb Raider'' media franchise. It was first released on the Sega Saturn, followed shortly by versions for MS-DOS and the PlayStation. Later releases came for Mac OS (1999), Pocket PC (2002), N-Gage (2003), iOS (2013) and Android (2015). The game follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft, who is hired by businesswoman Jacqueline Natla to find an artefact called the Scion of Atlantis. Gameplay features Lara navigating levels split into multiple areas and room complexes while fighting enemies and solving puzzles to progress. An expansion pack subtitled ''Unfinished Business'' was released in 1997, containing new standalone levels. The initial concept was created by Toby Gard, who is credited as Lara's creator and worked as lead artist on the project. Production began in 1994 and took 18 months, with a budget of £440,000. The character of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient (Stargate)
The mythology of the ''Stargate'' franchise is a complex and eclectic fictional backstory, which is presented as being historical, of the Stargate#Premise, ''Stargate'' premise. A "rich mythology and world-building" are used to establish "a vast cosmology and an interesting alternate take on the history of Earth"; a defining feature is "its use of ancient mythology, with stories that take inspiration from multiple places around the globe". Narratives center around xenobiology, xeno-mythology (fiction), mythology as experienced by humans during episodic contact with alien races. Audiences across a variety of platforms - including TV series, novels, comics and movies - witness the people of Earth exploring a fictional universe using the Stargate (device), Stargate. Species established early on in the franchise recur throughout, with one adversary often dominating a particular story arc, which can continue across several seasons. In addition to a diversity of alien life, the Stargat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
