{"id":2496,"date":"2010-06-01T18:09:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T18:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/margiani-k-l\/"},"modified":"2020-01-28T08:28:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T08:28:27","slug":"margiani-k-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/margiani-k-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Margiani, K.L."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/margiani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27077\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/margiani-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"margiani\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/margiani-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/margiani.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>K.L. <\/strong><strong>M<\/strong><strong>argiani <\/strong>of the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia has an extensive website<sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> promoting his new \u2018science\u2019 of cosmogeology! The first two sections are devoted to Atlantis, which Margiani claims to have been located on the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/azores\/\">Azores<\/a> archipelago. He is convinced that the widely published map of Atlantis by Athanasius <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/kircher-fr-athanasius\/\">Kircher<\/a> is an ancient map of the Azores. He specifies a location between the eastern islands of S\u00e3o Miguel and Santa Maria as the site of Plato\u2019s lost city.<\/p>\n<p>In a 90-page pdf file<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(h)<\/span><\/sup> that wanders all over the place, Margiani claims that Atlantis was a pre-diluvian empire and <em>&#8220;the source of all civilization&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I found his website somewhat disjointed and not very convincing. Margiani has been seeking a publisher for his work<sup>(<\/sup><sup>b<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> which he modestly describes as \u201cthe most sensational book in the world\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>If you have the time, it might be worth reading a 2009 Atlantis thread<sup>(c) <\/sup>on the <em>Naked Science Forum <\/em>website where Margiani reveals a dramatic lack of logic leading to the total exasperation\u00a0of other contributors.<\/p>\n<p>Margiani\u2019s modesty obviously knows no bounds,\u00a0 because in a recent communication he describes himself as \u201cThe first Expert on Atlantis in the world\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>He now offers three pdf files<sup>(d)(e)(f)<\/sup> outlining his\u00a0\u2018cosmogeological\u2019 theories regarding Atlantis. In December 2012, Margiani sent me further links<sup>(g)<\/sup> to his unique output.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> See: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161017071918\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/menu.htm\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161017071918\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/menu.htm<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>(<\/sup><sup>b<\/sup><sup>) <\/sup>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150513060525\/https:\/\/lofi.forum.physorg.com\/The-Newest-Scam-To-Hit-Physorg_21816.html\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150513060525\/https:\/\/lofi.forum.physorg.com\/The-Newest-Scam-To-Hit-Physorg_21816.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(c) <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenakedscientists.com\/forum\/index.php?topic=19800.0\">https:\/\/www.thenakedscientists.com\/forum\/index.php?topic=19800.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(d)<\/sup> See: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170120194551\/http:\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-%2831%29.pdf\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170120194551\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-%2831%29.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(e)<\/sup> <a href=\"see:%20https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170306010006\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-(32).pdf\">See: https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170306010006\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-(32).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup> (f) <\/sup>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170306034542\/http:\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-(33).pdf\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170306034542\/https:\/\/www.cosmogeology.ge\/chapter-(33).pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(g)\u00a0 <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/frontiers-of-apocalypses.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/contents-2012.html\">https:\/\/frontiers-of-apocalypses.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/contents-2012.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">(h)<\/span><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/vixra.org\/pdf\/1102.0053v1.pdf\">https:\/\/vixra.org\/pdf\/1102.0053v1.pdf<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (slow loading)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.L. Margiani of the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia has an extensive website(a) promoting his new \u2018science\u2019 of cosmogeology! The first two sections are devoted to Atlantis, which Margiani claims to have been located on the Azores archipelago. He is convinced that the widely published map of Atlantis by Athanasius Kircher is an ancient map [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[460,29,888,887],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-athanasius-kircher","tag-azores","tag-cosmogeology","tag-k-l-margiani"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44543,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/44543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}