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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 »
Alexander, George S., and Rosen, Natalis
George S. Alexander and Natalis Rosen have established a website(a) promoting the Richat Structure, in Mauritania, as the location of the city of Atlantis. They are not the first to make this suggestion but have at least visited the site in 2008 to gather evidence to support their contention. Their expedition formed the basis for a free one hour video(b). Like supporters of various other locations theories, Alexander and Rosen have managed to match some of the details in Plato’s description with features in the Richat area.
The Richat Structure is around 35 km in diameter yet no evidence whatsoever of buildings whatsoever was found. In my opinion Alexander & Rosen have not satisfactorily explained this absence. Apart from that, a city with a diameter of 35 km is not credible in the timeframe proposed by them.
>(a) Visiting Atlantis | Gateway to a lost world (archive.org)
(b) Visiting Atlantis (archive.org)<