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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 »
Cappellano, Pippo
Pippo Cappellano, a respected underwater explorer, discovered unusual basaltic ruins, while working at a depth of 50ft off the coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands in 1981. Apart from large flat blocks spread over an area of 900 sq.ft., which looked as if they had been carefully positioned, there were also steps and a wall of regularly shaped triangular blocks.
Cappellano’s discovery is regularly touted as evidence for the existence of Atlantis but does not stand up to scrutiny. Basalt can be found with regular geometric shapes when produced under particular conditions of temperature and pressure, as is the case at ‘The Giant’s Causeway’ in Northern Ireland.
If Cappellano’s find is in fact artificial then it only proves that it was manmade like so many ancient features around the world. It does not prove that it was part of Atlantis.