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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 »
Goropius Becanus
Goropius Becanus, Johannes
Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1572) was a Dutch physician and linguist, although he was of the opinion that the Dutch language had been used in the Garden of Eden and was the mother of all other languages(c) ! We hope his knowledge of medicine was better than his linguistics. He was also one of the first to propose the Doñana Marshes of Andalusia as the site of Atlantis(a)(b). This can be found in the Hispanica section of his Opera[1437] published posthumously in 1580.
*Goropius also declared that Tartessos was the biblical Tarshish and was the capital of Plato’s Atlantis.*
(a) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_hypotheses_of_Atlantis#South
(b) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_hypotheses_of_Atlantis#South
(c) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus