{"id":22465,"date":"2013-10-18T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T05:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=22465"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:42:05","slug":"djonis-christos-a-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/djonis-christos-a-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Djonis, Christos A."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CHRISTOS<\/a>Christos A. <\/b>Djonis <\/b>is a Greek Cypriot now living in the United States. His first book Cyprus-The Island of Aphrodite, <\/i>is a travel guide to that island. He has now ventured into much deeper waters with his\u00a0latest book Uchronia-Atlantis Revealed<\/i>[0935<\/a>]<\/sup>. The central core of his theory is that Atlantis lay in the Aegean Sea<\/a>, to the north of Thera<\/a>, which itself contained the capital city of the Atlantean confederation. He gives no credit to Paulino Zamarro<\/a> who proposed a similar location fifteen years ago[<\/sup>0024<\/sup><\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Djonis accepts 9600 BC as the time of its existence as the lower sea level then would have created a single landmass with a large central plain.\u00a0Among his other \"Djonis2\"<\/a>claims is the idea that during the Bronze Age the Minoans \u201cwere not only heavily mining copper from the area around Lake Superior, but they were regularly carrying tobacco and other spices from the Americas back to Santorini.\u201d(d)<\/sup><\/p>\n

He supports this link with North America with the geographical spread of the human mitochondrial DNA designated Haplogroup X. In his own words(e)<\/sup>,<\/p>\n

“While most geneticists today maintain that haplogroup X walked to America via the Bering Strait, genetic maps show that the furthest region east of the Mediterranean with small traces of haplogroup X, is the Altai Republic in Southern Russia. No traces of haplogroup X exist between Altai Republic and the greater region of the Great Lakes. If haplogroup X infiltrated North America via the Bering Strait, why then does the greatest concentration of haplogroup X (away from the Mediterranean) exist around the Great Lakes and not in Alaska or alongside the west coast? Most importantly, how do we otherwise explain that heavy traces of haplogroup X incidentally also exist in Scotland, Orkney Islands, Faroe islands and Iceland, essentially all the island stops to North America from Europe.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Not unexpectedly, Jason Colavito, who denies the existence of Atlantis, wrote a highly critical review of Djonis’ claims and had further exchanges with Djonis in the comments section of his blog(i)<\/sup>.
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Even more damning is that Djonis cites the 1996 claim of Mark McMenamin that ancient Carthaginian coins depicted America. Unfortunately, Djonis was apparently unaware that in 2000, McMenamin was obliged to confirm that the coins in question were fakes(k) <\/sup>as revealed in his book, Phoenicians, Fakes and Barry Fell <\/em>[<\/sup>1738<\/a>]<\/sup>. <\/b>Nevertheless, as recently as 2020 Djonis was still being quoted in the media(m)(n)<\/sup> as using the fake coins as evidence for the existence of Atlantis. He continued to tout this falsehood into September 2021(o)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

In a December 2022 article, Djonis suggested that Atlantis lies under 400 feet of water in the Aegean(p)<\/sup>. Unfortunately, this conflicts with Plato’s text which tells us that as late as Plato’s time the place where Atlantis had been submerged was still a maritime hazard. Keeping in mind that Kurt Lambeck<\/a> has demonstrated(q)<\/sup> from a study of Roman fish pens that the sea level along the Italian coast, 2000 years ago, was just 1.35 metres below today\u2019s levels and if we add a generous additional foot to take us back to Plato’s day, we can calculate that Atlantis should now be in around 5, not 400 feet, of water.<\/p>\n

Djonis does not explain why Plato unambiguously stated that the Atlanteans came from the west (Tim.25b & Crit.114c) and yet Djonis\u2019 Atlantis is situated to the southeast of Athens <\/a>and north of Egypt? <\/b>In fact, what Plato said was that the invasion came from the Atlantic Sea (pelagos). Although there is some disagreement about the location of this Atlantic Sea, all candidates proposed so far are far west of both Athens and Egypt.<\/p>\n

Instead, he prefers to\u00a0parrot the discredited ancient astronaut<\/a> theories of Zechariah Sitchin<\/a>, based on\u00a0his flawed interpretation of Sumerian<\/a> texts. These include claims that humans were ‘created’ by these extraterrestrial visitors. In fact, he wastes over half his book discussing UFOs and ETs.<\/p>\n

In April 2016 Djonis had an article published on the Ancient Origins<\/em> website(j)<\/sup>, in which he discussed Sitchin’s theory of Planet X without arriving at any conclusions. Why?<\/p>\n

I did not find Djonis convincing regarding either the Annunaki or Atlantis.
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January 2016 had Djonis plunge into the muddy waters relating to\u00a0the early discovery of America with a three-part article on the Ancient Origins<\/em> website(f)<\/sup>. Not unexpectedly, Jason Colavito <\/a>had few caustic comments to offer on this latest offering from Djonis(g)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Recently, Djonis and I exchanged emails in which I offered some of my reasons for rejecting his ideas. Clearly unhappy with my comments, he has now used Ancient Origins<\/em> to rehash(h)<\/sup> his flawed ideas. Included in his offering is a sarcastic reference to me as an ‘expert’, a title I have never used or claimed. Apart from his support for the idea of ancient astronauts, which he carefully avoided in this recent article, my main gripe is that Djonis’ is content to discard elements in Plato’s account without any justifiable reason. Djonis presumptuously wrote of me that there is “no doubt in his mind that Atlantis was a myth.” <\/em>On the contrary, I believe that it is highly probable that Atlantis existed, but, it is also quite clear that Plato’s narrative contains mythical elements that may have impeded researchers seeking to identify the historical Atlantis.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Djonis published Atlantis: The Find of a Lifetime <\/em>[1857<\/a>]<\/sup>, <\/em>in which, unsurprisingly, he just recycles the Uchronia<\/em> material along with a degree of padding. This new and ‘expanded’ edition is in fact listed as 20 pages shorter. As of June 21st, I found it strange that the book is not mentioned on Djonis’ website(l)<\/sup>!<\/p>\n

A YouTube clip(b)<\/sup>\u00a0and PowerPoint presentation(c)<\/sup> are also available.<\/span><\/p>\n

(a)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.atlantisislandrevealed.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(b)<\/sup>\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ok7PphlD9mw&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

(c)<\/sup>\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/79041220<\/a><\/p>\n

(d)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.atlantisislandrevealed.com\/#!the-minoans\/cr2t<\/a><\/p>\n

(e)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-guest-authors\/atlantis-revealed-platos-cautionary-tale-was-based-real-setting-003224<\/a><\/p>\n

(f)<\/sup> http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240120061828\/https:\/www.ancient-origins.net\/ancient-places-americas\/-hyperborea-ancient-greeks-005258<\/a><\/p>\n

(g)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/blog\/hyperborean-hyperbole-atlantis-theorist-alleges-that-greeks-reached-america-via-the-arctic<\/a><\/p>\n

(h)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-guest-authors\/atlantis-examining-legendary-tale-plato-005750?nopaging=1<\/a><\/p>\n

(i)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/blog\/new-atlantis-claim-places-lost-continent-in-Cyclades<\/a><\/p>\n

(j)<\/sup> http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201125120146\/https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-science-space\/planet-x-there-scientific-evidence-005768?utm_source=sendy&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top5_lastyear&utm_campaign=email_regular&page=0%2C2<\/a><\/p>\n

(k)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37093408\/PHOENICIANS_FAKES_AND_BARRY_FELL_SOLVING_THE_MYSTERY_Of_CARTHAGINIAN_COINS_FOUND_IN_AMERICA<\/a><\/p>\n

(l) <\/sup>ChristosDjonis.com: Author | BOOKS (cdjonis.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

(m)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/weird\/1303092\/atlantis-found-location-america-greek-legend-plato-archaeology-news-coin-found-spt<\/a><\/p>\n

(n)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.econotimes.com\/Author-says-2400-year-old-coin-artefact-may-be-proof-that-Atlantis-is-real-1586677<\/a><\/p>\n

(o)<\/sup> The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America? | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)<\/a><\/p>\n

(p)<\/sup> Atlantis: How Plato’s Story Corresponds to Real History (greekreporter.com)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(q)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/news\/1192397\/posts<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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