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    NEWS September 2023

    September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we move to Sicily and Malta. The trip is purely vacational. Unfortunately, I am writing this in a dreadful apartment, sitting on a bed, with access to just one useable socket and a small Notebook. Consequently, I possibly will not […]Read More »
  • Joining The Dots

    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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Hans-Wilhelm Rathjen

Rathjen, Hans–Wilhelm (L)

Hans–Wilhelm Rathjen (1928- ) is a retired German high school teacher. In 2004 he Rathjen mappublished a book[688] which claimed that Atlantis had been a federation of the megalithic peoples of Western Europe. Following the lead of Jürgen Spanuth he locates a capital of this ‘empire’ in the vicinity of Helgoland with a second power centre in North Africa. My principal argument against this is that there is no evidence of writing being used by the megalithic cultures, an ability clearly attributed to the Atlanteans by Plato.

Rathjen’s 526-page book has had enthusiastic reviews, but unfortunately, it is only available in German at present.

His views are also available in an 2005 article on the EFODON website(a).

(a) https://www.efodon.de/html/archiv/vorgeschichte/andere/SY7233 Rathjen – Atlantis.pdf  (German)