Evelino Leonardi was a Roman doctor and amateur archaeologist who was convinced that Atlantis had been located in Italy with remnants visible on Monte Circeo on the west coast of Italy south of Rome.

He published his ideas^[438] in 1937, among which he claimed that Lake Tritonis had been situated in Italy adjacent to the Tyrrhenian Sea. To say the least this was an innovative idea, as it was generally accepted that Lake Tritonis had been located in North Africa. Leonardi also contended that the survivors of the demise of Atlantis migrated to Egypt.