{"id":2516,"date":"2010-06-01T18:43:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/matlock-gene\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T08:30:25","slug":"matlock-gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/matlock-gene\/","title":{"rendered":"Matlock, Gene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gene D. <\/strong><strong>M<\/strong><strong>atlock <\/strong><strong>(1928- ) <\/strong>was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He claims that from the age of twelve onward, he developed an interest in foreign languages and human beliefs.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gene-matlock-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24868\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/gene-matlock-02.jpg\" alt=\"gene-matlock-02\" width=\"288\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a>After high school, he went to study at the University of New Mexico, and then went to Mexico City College, in Mexico, where he got a B.A. degree in Spanish and Latin American Affairs in December 1951. While in Mexico he became aware that somehow the ancient Mexicans had maintained close cultural and religious ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/india\/\">India<\/a>. He was drafted into the Marine Corps after graduating from Mexico City College and sent to Korea. After getting out of the Marines, he \u2018travelled up and down Central America, from Mexico to Panama\u2018.<\/p>\r\n<p>In New Orleans he earned a Masters Degree in Spanish at Tulane University. After teaching for a year in a New Orleans high school, he returned to Kansas where he taught for a year at Campus High School in Haysville, a few miles outside Wichita. He became a high school teacher in the Azusa Unified School District and retired after 27 years. He now lives in the California High Desert and spends his time researching the origins of Native Americans and their religions.<\/p>\r\n<p>He believes that India ruled our prehistoric world including parts of America and that Atlantis was located in South-East <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>\u00a0at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/m\/\"><sup>472<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>. In an attempt to link his Mexican location with Plato\u2019s description of Atlantis Matlock contends that the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/elephants-2\/\">elephants<\/a>\u2019 mentioned by Plato were in fact the long-snouted tapirs of Meso-America!<sup>(c)<\/sup>\u00a0Furthermore, he claims that there was a connection between India, the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/phoenicians\/\">Phoenicians<\/a>, Atlantis and Mexico. Matlock has a widely quoted Internet article<sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> on the connection between Abraham and India, beginning with the identification of Abraham and his wife Sarai with the Hindu god Brahma and his wife Saraisvati<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">.<\/span> In 2000, Matlock published <em>Jesus and<\/em><em> Moses Are Buried in India, Birthplace of Abraham and the Hebrews<\/em><sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/m\/\"><sup>473<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup><em>, <\/em>in which he develops this theme further.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong>Matlock also proposed that that the Aztec deity <a href=\"#Quetzalcoatl\">Quetzalcoatl<\/a> originally came from India<sup>(g)<\/sup>.<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&lt;&lt;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>A supportive book by the controversial Sri G. Ananda (Gregory Alexander) entitled <em>Brahma: The God of Abraham<\/em><sup>[<\/sup><sup><a href=\"#A1187\">1187<\/a>]<\/sup> was published in 2014. However, this idea is hotly debated on the Internet by all interested parties, Christian, Muslim and Hindu.<\/p>\r\n<p>Matlock is forced to admit that \u201cMy readers should know that the \u2018Atlantis\u2019 described in this book may not be the same as Plato\u2019s \u2018Atlantis\u2019. I\u2019m just proving that there was once a part of the world called \u2018Atlantis\u2019 \u2013 that a part of Mexico once had the Sanskrit name Atl\u00e1n, Tlan or Tolt\u00e1n, whose citizens were known as Atlantecas and Atlantl\u201d. He then continues with \u201cif <strong>my<\/strong> \u2018Atlantis\u2019 is not the real \u2018Atlantis\u2019 no one will ever find the one Plato mentioned\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>In 2014, Matlock wrote an article<sup>(d)<\/sup>\u00a0advocating the rewriting of ancient history. He appears to have been inspired by the amazing discoveries at <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/gobekli-tepe\/\">Gobekli Tepe<\/a><a href=\"#GobekliTepe\">.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Matlock has written a number of books<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/m\/\"><sup>474<\/sup><\/a><sup>][<\/sup><sup>475<\/sup><sup>]<\/sup> none of which have generated any serious critical endorsement, and also has had some critiques have been more than unkind. You can judge for yourself by reading some of his radical ideas on the Viewzone website<sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)(<\/sup><sup>b<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup>.<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong>They include the suggestion that <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/eden-2\/\">Garden of Eden<\/a> was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/arctic-sea\/\">North Pole<\/a>, while, in the same paper endorsing the reality of ancient astronauts <em>\u00e0 la<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/sitchin-zecharia\/\">Zecharia Sitchin<\/a>. <em>&#8220;<\/em><em>I must confess that I used to be a fanatical believer in Darwin&#8217;s theory of evolution. But my research, which led me to the outer space founders of all gods and religions, has turned me into an Intelligent Design Creationist.&#8221;<\/em> <sup>(h<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&lt;&lt;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Matlock has also contributed to Graham Hancock&#8217;s website under the name of Gene Douglas!<sup>(e<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(<\/sup><sup>a<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/hinduturk.html<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(<\/sup><sup>b<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/abraham.html\">https:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/abraham.html<\/a>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(c) <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/viewzone.com\/atlantis22.html\">https:\/\/viewzone.com\/atlantis22.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(d)<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turk.org.au\/must-we-rewrite-ancient-history-by-gene-d-matlock\/\"> https:\/\/www.turk.org.au\/must-we-rewrite-ancient-history-by-gene-d-matlock\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(e<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/phorum\/read.php?1,139807,139807\">https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/phorum\/read.php?1,139807,139807<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(g<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/gene.word.html\">http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/gene.word.html<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><sup>(h<\/sup><sup>)<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/edenpole.html\">http:\/\/www.viewzone.com\/edenpole.html<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene D. Matlock (1928- ) was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He claims that from the age of twelve onward, he developed an interest in foreign languages and human beliefs. 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