An A-Z Guide To The Search For Plato's Atlantis

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    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 »
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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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Thompson, Edward Herbert (L)

edward herbert hompsonEdward Herbert Thompson (1856-1935) began a career as an anthropologist in 1879 when he wrote an article(a) in Popular Science Monthly that linked the Mayan culture with Atlantis. He spent the next 40 years working in the Yucatan making valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Maya. His most impressive discoveries were at Chichen Itza.

In spite of the fact that Thompson subsequently recanted his views on Plato’s lost island. However some Atlantis researchers still quote his earlier views.

(a) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_15/October_1879/Atlantis_Not_a_Myth