{"id":41192,"date":"2019-01-31T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=41192"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:15:20","slug":"cassinelli-dennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/cassinelli-dennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassinelli, Dennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dennis<\/strong><strong> C<\/strong><strong>assinelli <\/strong>is a historian and writer from Nevada, who has written: <em>&#8220;<\/em><em>on topics that range from <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cassinelli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-41193\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cassinelli-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>American Indian stone tools to the Great Basin to the history of the Comstock Lode&#8221;<\/em><em>. <\/em>In his 2009 book, <em>Uncovering Archaeology<\/em><sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/main-bibliography\/c\/\"><sup>1612<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>,\u00a0he outlines in some detail his Atlantis theory, which he locates in Central America <sup>(a)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2019 newspaper article<sup>(c)\u00a0<\/sup> Cassenilli wrote,\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Being an avid reader, I happened to read a few chapters in the Book of Mormon\u00a0<\/em><em>one day from a historical perspective. I found that the Mormons believe that Jesus Christ did in fact survive the Crucifixion and was able to make his way, most likely on a Phoenician ship, to Central America where he resumed teaching his Gospel to the Mayan natives.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/phoenicians\/\">Phoenicians<\/a> landed in Central America and on seeing the Mayan cities, concluded that they had landed in Atlantis. <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/colavito-jason-n\/\">Jason Colavito<\/a> had a few comments to offer\u00a0regarding this idea<sup>(b)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>(a)\u00a0<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190203145546\/https:\/\/mesquitelocalnews.com\/2019\/01\/29\/lost-continent-of-atlantis-rediscovered\/\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190203145546\/https:\/\/mesquitelocalnews.com\/2019\/01\/29\/lost-continent-of-atlantis-rediscovered\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(b) <\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/blog\/nevada-author-claims-phoenicians-mistook-maya-cities-for-atlantis\">https:\/\/www.jasoncolavito.com\/blog\/nevada-author-claims-phoenicians-mistook-maya-cities-for-atlantis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(c)\u00a0<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/mesquitelocalnews.com\/2019\/01\/29\/lost-continent-of-atlantis-rediscovered\/\">https:\/\/mesquitelocalnews.com\/2019\/01\/29\/lost-continent-of-atlantis-rediscovered\/<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Cassinelli is a historian and writer from Nevada, who has written: &#8220;on topics that range from American Indian stone tools to the Great Basin to the history of the Comstock Lode&#8221;. In his 2009 book, Uncovering Archaeology[1612],\u00a0he outlines in some detail his Atlantis theory, which he locates in Central America (a). 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