The insane Atlantropa project, conceived by a German in 1931, was intended to satisfy Europe's energy hunger and partially ...

Dive into the jaw-dropping Atlantropa project, a bold plan to dam and drain the Mediterranean Sea to create new land and generate massive hydroelectric power. Explore the audacious vision, engineering ...

The extensive Atlantropa archive in the Deutsche Museum in Munich abounds with architectural drawings for new cities, the dams and bridges of the future continent as well as letters of support and ...

In 1928, German architect Herman Sörgel proposed Atlantropa, an extraordinary project centered on giant dams and dramatically ...

In the 1930s, German architect and engineer Herman Sörgel hatched an ambitious plan that he believed could unify post-World War I Europe: partially drain the Mediterranean Sea and create a new ...

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris recently announced plans to buy a Greek island to give refugees from the Middle East and Africa a country of their own. Though he referred to his proposal as a ...

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris recently announced plans to buy a Greek island to give refugees from the Middle East and Africa a country of their own. Though he referred to his proposal as a ...