An A-Z Guide To The Search For Plato's Atlantis

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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 »
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    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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Heer, Oswald (I)

Oswald HeerOswald Heer (1809-1883) was a Swiss paleobotanist who suggested that during the Miocene Period (5-25 million years ago) America and Europe were joined by a landbridge. At that time this idea was referred to as the ‘Atlantis Hypothesis’ but had little to do with Plato’s story as it was only suggested as the possible means of species migrating from one continent to the other. A similar hypothetical landmass, the original Lemuria, was conceived by Philip Sclater (1829-1913) to explain the isolation of lemurs on Madagascar. Nevertheless Heer is erroneously quoted by some as a 19th century supporter of an Atlantic location for Plato’s famous island.