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NEWS October 2024
OCTOBER 2024 The recent cyber attack on the Internet Archive is deplorable and can be reasonably compared with the repeated burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. I have used the Wayback Machine extensively, but, until the full extent of the permanent damage is clear, I am unable to assess its effect on Atlantipedia. At […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
South Africa
Bock, Johann Christian (N)
Johann Christian Bock was a German theologian who in 1685 co-authored a
book with George Kaspar Kirchmaier, De Atlantide, ad Timaeum atque Critiam Platonis, in which they located Atlantis in South Africa. The Bavarian State Library has published a copy of the book (in Latin) online(a).
(a) https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10823756_00001.html
Kirchmaier, George Kaspar (t)
George Kaspar Kirchmaier (1635-1700) was a German professor who wrote a number of works on a variety of subjects, including, alchemy, unicorns and metallurgy. He was also a distinguished philologist.
At Wittenberg, where the Protestant Reformation began, Kirchmaier, with co-author Johann Bock, proposed in a 1685 book, De Atlantide, ad Timaeum atque Critiam Platonis, that Atlantis had been located in Africa. The Bavarian State Library has published a copy of the book (in Latin) online(a).
(a) https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10823756_00001.html