Welcome to Bedtime History. Hello, this is Brack.

Growing up, one of my favorite childhood memories was using my imagination to build new things.

I'd take apart old, unused electronics or appliances in our home, and then try and rebuild them into something new and interesting.

They usually didn't work. They were more like works of art than functioning inventions, but I had a blast doing it.

What's great about a product like KiwiCo is the things you build as part of the engineering kits actually work.

My kids and I have built a few different projects together, including a ukulele, a pinball machine, headphones, and a speaker.

These projects include detailed instructions and also explain the science behind how the devices work.

As a parent, it can be hard to find creative ways to keep your children busy, challenged, and off screens.

KiwiCo does the legwork for you, so you can spend quality time tackling projects together.

KiwiCo also has boxes for geography and culture, the Atlas crate, and another one focused on cooking.

Other subjects are science, art, engineering, crafting, and design. KiwiCo also has crates designed for kids and adults of all ages.

Redefine Learning with Play. Explore hands-on projects that build creative confidence and problem-solving skills with KiwiCo.

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Close your eyes and imagine finding a forgotten city, a place swallowed up under the water or overgrown with forests and passed into legend over time.

A place you'd heard almost unbelievable stories of. Stories so fantastic you weren't sure or true, but that grabbed your attention and made you wish you were there.

What would be left after thousands of years? A few crumbled buildings or maybe just walls, pieces of statues or paintings? How would you know whether this was the land you'd heard about? How many details would you need to match up for you to be convinced?

Many archaeologists and explorers have dreamed of discovering such a land, the lost city of Atlantis.

Maybe you've heard of the lost city of Atlantis and wondered where it really was and where the story of this lost civilization even came from.

The second question is actually pretty easy to answer. The first one, where it was and even whether it really existed, is a bit harder.

We actually know about the story of Atlantis from one source. It was written down by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato about 2400 years ago, and that's it.

Plato was one of the most famous philosophers ever, but he wasn't a historian. He also wasn't a poet or storyteller who was trying to keep the old myths of Greece alive.

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