{"id":1807,"date":"2010-05-27T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wells-gerald\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:47:42","slug":"wells-gerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wells-gerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Wells, Gerald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerald <\/strong>W<\/strong>ells <\/strong>is an American researcher who had opted for the western province of El Bayadh in Algeria<\/a> as the location of Atlantis. \"Gerald<\/a>He uses geomythology\u00a0to advance the radical idea that Atlantis was destroyed by a \u2018tectonic tilting and continental uplift\u2019 at the end of the Younger Dryas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>In another paper(c)<\/sup>, Wells offers further geological evidence that Atlantis did not sink, but only appeared to do so, while it actually rose. If so, I wonder how could such an event create muddy shallows (Timaeus 25d) that existed as a navigational hazard even in Plato\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

Wells has offered ten important correlations between Plato\u2019s description and the physical evidence available at his chosen site on the western edge of the Sahara<\/a>. These include an extensive canal<\/a> system, red, white and black stone<\/a>, a complex of meteorite craters (Rings of Atlantis) and hydrothermal springs. Wells further contends that Atlantis was known in pre-dynastic Egypt<\/a> as Bakhu. However, Bakhu is generally identified in Egyptological literature with the eastern horizon or eastern mountain. Wells\u2019 ideas were presented to the 2008 Atlantis Conference in Athens and are now available on the Internet(<\/sup>a<\/sup>)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

After obtaining tax-exemption status in the U.S. he is hoping to raise $250,000 to fund an initial two-week survey. See his new web address(b)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Wells also identified his Algerian Atlantis location as having included the biblical Garden of Eden<\/a>(e<\/sup>)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Wells has also produced a video(d)<\/sup> in support of his theories. Apart from that, little has been heard from Wells in recent years. In fact, most of the links to his material are now offline apart from(c)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Wells was a regular contributor to forums on the atlantisrising.com<\/em> (now closed down) and the atlantisonline<\/em> websites.<\/p>\n

(<\/sup>a<\/sup>)<\/sup> Atlantis-Bakhu | Wells Research Laboratory (archive.org)<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>six pages<\/p>\n

(b) <\/sup>https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190128080100\/https:\/\/www.wrl-inc.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(c<\/sup>)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/10055298\/A_Focus_on_the_Geologic_Sciences_Related_to_Atlantis-Bakhu<\/a><\/p>\n

(d)<\/span><\/sup> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZmdvhh1jIk<\/a><\/p>\n

(e<\/sup>)<\/sup>\u00a0 https:\/\/medium.com\/@geraldjohnwells\/atlantis-and-the-garden-of-eden-a-contemporary-view-of-revelation-4a11067994d7<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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