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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 »
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Attala (L)
Attala is the name given by the Berbers of North Africa to an island in the Atlantic. Thousands of miles to the east we find the same name, Atala, in the sacred books of the Hindus, the Mahabharata and Puranas being used to identify a continent located in the “western ocean”. Colonel Francis Wilford who translated[114] the Puranas in the early 19th century located Atala, the White Island, in the same latitude as the Canary Islands that are close to the North African coast.