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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 »
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Mitropetrou, Elena P.
Elena P. Mitropetrou, a Greek archaeologist at the University of Patras, delivered two papers to the 2008 Atlantis Conference in Athens. She considers the Atlantis narrative to contain “a lot of true elements” She also points out that the Greek word nesos in the 6th century BC was employed to describe an island, but also, a peninsula or promontory. Mitropetrou herself considers the Iberian peninsula to be the “island of Atlantis”. In her second offering she discusses how Plato’s Atlantis story influenced later writers, such as, Francis Bacon, Thomas More and Tommaso Campanella.