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NEWS DECEMBER 2022
Atlantipedia will be wound down in 2023. After nearly twenty years compiling Atlantipedia on my own, and as I am now approaching my 80th birthday, I have decided to cut back on the time I dedicate to developing this website. An orderly conclusion rather than an enforced one is always preferable before the Grim Reaper […]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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Clarke, Arthur C. (L)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) the renowned author touched on the subject of the “Pillars of Heracles” when he suggested that there was evidence that the early Greeks located them closer to home than Gibraltar. He opted for the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Unfortunately he failed to name his sources.
However, with regard to Atlantis itself, Clarke stated simply ‘I know, of course, that Plato’s Atlantis never really existed’, and proposed that “Donnelly should be the patron saint of the peddlers of UFO/parapsychology mind rot.” [1028.391]