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    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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    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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Johann Georg Justus Ballenstedt

Johann Georg Justus Ballenstedt (1756-1840), was a German pastor and part-time geologist. He endeavoured to reconcile the details in Genesis with the scientific knowledge of his day(a).

The impressive Atlantisforschung.de website has two papers relating to Ballenstedt and his comments on Atlantis, which he placed in the Atlantic. This was expressed in an essay(b) in the publication series Archive for the Latest Discoveries from the Primeval World (Volume 6, Issue 1, Quedlinburg and Leipzig, 1824, pp. 54-58) first published by him and Johann Friedrich Krüger ) under the title ” IV. Disappearance of the Isle of Atlantis “.

(a) https://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Johann_Georg_Justus_Ballenstedt (German)

(b) https://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Das_Verschwinden_der_Insel_Atlantis (German)