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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 »
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Brentjes, Burchard
Burchard Brentjes (1929- ) is a Professor of Oriental archaeology. A few years ago he wrote Atlantis: Geschichte einr Utopie[026] a book that promotied the frequently held view that Atlantis had been Utopian. This is in spite of the fact the country described by Plato was an absolute monarchy with the power of life and death and which operated a feudal system of military conscription and also engaged in the primitive sacrifice of bulls. However, Brentjes also reviews the various Atlantis theories since ( post Donnelly) exposing the pseudoscience upon which so many are based.