Dr. Hossam Aboulfotouh (1960 – ) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture in the Egyptian University of Minia. He has daringly suggested that Atlantis was sited in the Nile Delta. Unfortunately, he has supported his contention with very little evidence. In his website^(a) he wanders somewhat, discussing ancient metrology and hieroglyphics.

R. McQuillen offers a much stronger case for an Egyptian location. However, both Abolfotouh and McQuillen have opted for the west of the Nile delta near Canopus as having been the location of the Pillars of Heracles referred to by Plato. It is interesting to note that the late Ulf Richter studied the topographical details provided by Plato and concludes that the capital city of Atlantis was constructed on a river delta.

In three rather technical papers^(b)(c)(d) Aboulfotouh calculates the date of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza as 3055 BC, which he claims was also the time of the Deluge or what he refers to as the “tsunami of the Mediterranean”. He also outlines his views on the methods used to design the Giza complex using ‘The Horizon Theory’.

^(a) http://atlantisonline.smfforfree2.com/index.php?topic=1062.0
^(b) http://www.geocities.ws/fotouh28/H-Aboulfotouh-Relativistic-Tilts-Pyramids-Paper.pdf

^(c) http://www.sea1917.org/heritage/UIA-WPAHR-V/Papers-PDF/Dr.%20Hossam%20%20Aboulfotouh.pdf

^(d)  http://www.geocities.ws/fotouh28/H-Aboulfotouh-Horizon-II.pdf