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NEWS September 2023
September 2023. Hi Atlantipedes, At present I am in Sardinia for a short visit. Later we move to Sicily and Malta. The trip is purely vacational. Unfortunately, I am writing this in a dreadful apartment, sitting on a bed, with access to just one useable socket and a small Notebook. Consequently, I possibly will not […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
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Ys
Ys (Kêr-Is in Breton) was a legendary sunken kingdom, located off the coast of Brittany. However, ‘skerry’ and its cognates also mean a rocky island, so ‘Kêr’ may be just another variant. It has been pointed out that ‘ys’ in some of the Celtic languages means ’island’. This has led to the suggestion that ’Atlantis’ could therefore be a corruption of ’Atlantic island’. What is interesting in this regard is the persistent theory that megalithic Brittany had been part of the Atlantean realms, if not the location of its capital. The Ys legend has echoes in the mythologies of virtually all other ancient peoples along the European seaboard of the Atlantic.