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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 »
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Bachofen, Johann, Jakob
Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815-1887) was a Swiss antiquarian and anthropologist. He was very interested in ancient matriarchy and in that connection, he proposed that Clieto was the first queen of Atlantis, which, if correct, is possible evidence that in remote antiquity Atlantis was a matriarchy!
His views were expressed in his 1861 book, Das Mutterrecht[1344].