FOR THE BOOKSHELF: Classics Too Good to Die

In this book, the author lays out ancient records, some pre-Plato, suggesting ancient seafarers were well aware of islands in the distant Atlantic sea.  Through the centuries he lays out additional evidences in the form of anomalies, artifacts, maps, and writings suggesting a different way to look at the tale and its location.  Like paving stones leading inexorably to its target, the evidences are intriguing and the author never abandons logic as they are examined.

A must for any serious and balanced collection about the concept of Atlantis and alternative views of the development and movements of ancient human society.

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FOR THE BOOKSHELF: Classics Too Good to Die

Ignatius Donnelly was a lawyer, legislator, author, and futurist who created one of the most detailed looks at the potential validity of the Atlantis myth prior to the 20th century.

Although often subjected to ridicule, he was one of few people to take a global look at civilization rather than a nationalistic view.  He accepted that there was cultural diffusion as one culture influenced another, ideas, stories, and beliefs were thus spread widely in a time without nation states or nationalistic boundaries.   He was definitely one to think outside the box rather than become too root bound into the contemporary and rigid thinking of the science of his day. While lacking in some skills, and a tendency to accept too much at face value, his ' what if we look at it this way...' is the epitome of what true science should do.  Despite his being derided by some he did bring up intriguing questions and examples that seem to reveal what modern science is only now being to accept - ancient society was more mobile and far traveled than previously thought.

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