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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
Edward 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.
Although Thompson subsequently recanted his views on Plato’s lost island, Some Atlantis researchers still quote his earlier opinions.
(a) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_15/October_1879/Atlantis_Not_a_Myth