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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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Outer Wall of Atlantis
The Outer Wall of the Atlantean capital has recently led to some degree of controversy(a). It is described in Critias 117d as having a diameter of 14.5 miles (23.5 km) enclosing an area of over 440 km2 (over 170 sq.miles) having a circumference of around 45 miles (72 km), which is about the current size of Vienna or Tel Aviv that have populations of approximately two million!
See: Doug Fisher
(a) https://www.atlantismaps.com/comm_7b.html (link broken Nov. 2018) New website in development – https://www.copheetheory.com/