when Atlas took a second to scratch his arse, and Atlantis went straight to the bottom
The load
Roman marble, 2nd century AD, after a Greek original — the Farnese Atlas, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. The sphere on his shoulders is the sky, carved with its constellations.
Public domain · Carlo Raso · Wikimedia Commons
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Where it was
Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) put Atlantis on a map — mid-ocean, between Spain and America — in an Amsterdam edition of his Mundus Subterraneus. The map is drawn with south at the top.
Public domain · Athanasius Kircher · Wikimedia Commons
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Going down
Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), Последние Атланты (Гибель Атлантиды) / The Last of Atlantis, 1928–1929. Tempera on canvas, 89.5 × 147.6 cm.
Public domain · Nicholas Roerich · Wikimedia Commons
