{"id":16827,"date":"2012-03-11T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=16827"},"modified":"2023-05-13T06:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T05:58:36","slug":"schaeffer-claude-frederick-armand-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/schaeffer-claude-frederick-armand-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Schaeffer, Claude Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick-Armand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Claude Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick-Armand<\/strong><strong> Schaeffer (1898-1982) <\/strong>was a French archaeologist who is probably best known for his work at the Ras Shamra site in <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schaeffer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27918\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/schaeffer.jpg\" alt=\"schaeffer\" width=\"287\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Syria which he identified as the ancient port city of Ugarit. He worked on and wrote about the site from 1929 until his death.<\/p>\n<p>Schaeffer enter the arena of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/catastrophism\/\">catastrophism<\/a> in 1948 when he declared<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/s\/\">806<\/a>]<\/sup> that during the Bronze Age on at least five occasions, widespread catastrophic destructions has taken place throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Some chapters from his book, <em>Stratigraphie Compar\u00e9e et Chronologie de l&#8217;Asie Occidentale (III et II. Mill\u00e9naires), <\/em><em>have now been translated and available online<\/em><sup>(c)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed these events to seismic activity, which was perhaps related to the \u2018seismic storm\u2019 referred to by <a href=\"#PapamarinopoulosS\">Stavros Papamarinopoulos<\/a> in his paper, <em>Plato and the seismic catastrophe in the 12th century BC Athens<\/em><sup>(b)<\/sup><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was left to others such as <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/velikovsky-immanuel\/\">Velikovsky <\/a>and Ren\u00e9\u00a0Gallant<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/g\/\"><sup>0748<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup> to add the possibility of extraterrestrial bombardments.<\/p>\n<p>Plato recorded how the priests of Sais told <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/solon\/\">Solon<\/a> of a succession of catastrophes that befell the region, including earthquakes, inundations such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/deucalion-flood-of\/\">Flood of Deucalion<\/a> and the fall of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/phaeton\/\">Phaeton <\/a>adding historical support for the theories of Schaeffer, Velikovsky and Gallant<em> inter alia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Schaeffer and Velikovsky exchanged correspondence<sup>(a)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>(a)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220122213659\/https:\/\/www.ancientdestructions.com\/claude-schaeffer\/\">Claude Schaeffer &#8211; Professor Claude F.A. Schaeffer of the College de France (archive.org)<\/a><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><sup>(b)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2009-q-conf-kandersteg.grazian-archive.com\/platoandtheseism\/papamarinopoulos-newversionof2009.pdf\">https:\/\/www.2009-q-conf-kandersteg.grazian-archive.com\/platoandtheseism\/papamarinopoulos-newversionof2009.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><sup>(c)<\/sup> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.q-mag.org\/reading-from-claude-schaeffers-stratigraphie-comparee.html\">https:\/\/www.q-mag.org\/reading-from-claude-schaeffers-stratigraphie-comparee.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claude Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick-Armand Schaeffer (1898-1982) was a French archaeologist who is probably best known for his work at the Ras Shamra site in Syria which he identified as the ancient port city of Ugarit. He worked on and wrote about the site from 1929 until his death. 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