(For a school research paper) What are some other topics like the Bermunda Triangle?

Question

2ed day of school and we already have to do a paper. Not a long one just a 3 page report. I'm thinking of doing it on the Bermunda Triangle. But what are some other simular topics I could do it on besides that?

Answer 1

Devil's Triangle near the coast of Japan.

The Mayan pyramid of the sun and pyramid of the moon.

Ubar, the Lost City of the Desert which is also called "Atlantis of the Sands"

Shangri-la, a lost paradise near Nepal.

The Hesperides, the source of the golden apple used to determine the greatest of the godesses, and the start of the Trojan War.

Dilmun (part of present-day Bahrain), said to be the cradle of civilization much earlier than Sumeria.

The snowy mountain of Ararat, believed to be where Noah's Ark landed.

Answer 2

How about ship wrecks and the spanish galleons found in the Florida area... I find it all very interesting, and there is a Mel Fisher Maritime Marina website you can visit to get more info. I know there are still lots of treasure left to find.

or maybe about area 51

Answer 3

You might think of doing a story on Easter Island

Answer 4

How about Stonehedge.

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/E...

Answer 5

Plato wrote about an ancient lost island called Atlantis.

He states that the account was translated from the Egyptian by Solon. He also states that Critias (Plato's close relative) had Solon's original translation in his possession. If the original manuscript actually existed, Plato likely has access to it.

Plato locates it in the Atlantis Ocean just outside the "Pillars of Herakles" (today the Straits of Gibraltar).

He says it was a central plain with Mountains on the West, North, and East. The central plain of Atlantis is described as being 2000 x 3000 Greek stades in size; which equals about 79,212 US square miles (roughly the size of South Dakota).

Nowhere does he call it a Continent.

Nor does he say it sank in a single day and night.

What he says is that in a single day and night, the Greek army was swallowed by the Earth. He then says that "in the same manner" Atlantis was "swallowed by the sea." But nowhere does he indicate the two events happened at the same time.

Every theory I've seen on Atlantis is either based upon Plato or relies on him for at least some support. This makes Plato's writing the only clear common ground, among all interested parties, in discussions about Atlantis. Plato is the foundation upon which most Atlantean theories are based.

Strangely though, many people who discuss Atlantis (both skeptics and true believers) have never actually read the original account; which is actually quite short.

The account is found in Plato's Timaeus and Critias dialogues. The actual Atlantean sections of any book with Timaeus and Critias, are reasonably short. For example, in the Penguin classic edition, the complete dialogue of Timaeus is about 100 pages long, but the Atlantean section is only 8 pages long. Critias is only 17 pages long.

Linguistically, Plato's writings on Atlantis are reasonably straight forward. In nearly all cases, the meaning of the original Greek is clear enough.

As far as I am concerned, people should be free to choose to accept what Plato wrote, or to reject it. However, what I do have a problem with, is when people take what Plato actually said and twist it into what they claim he "meant" in an effort to adjust Plato to support their theory about Atlantis. They often do this just so they can then say "Plato supports my theory."

You can download a free, pdf copy of my "New Atlantis Reference Edition" from my website:

http://www.greekatlantis.org  

This edition contains Jowett's translation with aligned referencing, explanatory essays, and a comprehensive concordance.

Email me is you need more info

Answer 6

There is an equivalent to the Bermuda Triangle only on the other side of the world called the "Dragon's Triangle" not far from Tokyo. It has a possibly even more impressive past in terms of disappearances etc.