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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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Balch, Edwin Swift
Edwin Swift Balch (1856-1927) was an American lawyer and explorer. In an article(a) in The Geographical Review in May 1917[151] he expressed favour for Crete as the inspiration for Plato’s Atlantis. He noted that the idea of a Cretan Atlantis could not have developed before the expulsion of the Turks in 1898, as they had forbidden excavations there.