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October 2024 Hi to everyone I’m taking a break during the first two weeks of October, so there will be minimal activity on the site apart from the ongoing project of replacing broken links. Back Soon, Tony September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we […]Read More »
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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]