George Sarantitis (1954- ) was born in Athens and is by profession an electronics engineer. He is also a serious student of Ancient Greek history and literature whose research enabled him to present three papers to the 2008 Atlantis Conference. These included a revised translation of many of the key words and phrases in Plato’s Atlantis texts. He quotes Strabo’s Geographica (3.5.5.20) to demonstrate the multiplicity of locations on offer for the Pillars of Heracles.He places Atlantis in North Africa with the Pillars of Heracles situated in the Gulf of Gabes which formerly led to an inland sea where the chotts of Tunisia and Algeria are today. He posits a number of large inland seas in Africa including a much larger Lake Chad. He also claims that at one stage in the distant past Libya had been a peninsula.

Sarantitis offers details of his theories on his extensive illustrated Plato Project website^(a), which I wholeheartedly recommend readers to visit.

^(a) http://platoproject.gr/page1.html