[.ca] Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (ISBN 0517490021)

The definitive work for all Atlantis researchers!:
This is the ultimate book on Atlantis. Well written (though hard to understand at times due to the 19th century grammar), well researched, and very informative. Required reading for anyone interesting in Atlantis. ...

the antediluvian world:
Being a latinamerican reader as well as a student of the 19th egyptian dinasty, I have been delighted with Mr. Donnelly's treatment of the correlations between the native american and egyptian archeologies. This work becomes a magnificent base for the study of the hyperborean 1196 B.C. invasion, a theme of my deepest interest.I am of course interested in the other books in your Atlantis series. I highly recommend this book to the Amazon friends as an excellent historical review.Thanks !

Conventional View Of Atlantis:
Being a student of Atlantis I felt I should read this book since it's considered a classic on the subject. The theories about Atlantis range from the ordinary and mundane to the fantastic. Donnelly is definitely on the conventional, mundane side of that range. He views Atlantis as just an earlier culture that reached advanced stages of religion, government, and basic technological advances which we have now far surpassed. I am much further towards the new age, super race side of the range. I will give Donnelly credit for being well read on many subjects. However if you're looking for imaginative interpretations of the mythological legends surrounding Atlantis forget this book. Donnelly's interpretation of Hercules capturing the cattle of Geryon was that Hercules was a cattle rustler and he killed some guy and ran off with his cows. I find it puzzling that people quote Plato's account of Atlantis so often but then disbelieve everything Plato says. Donnelly calls the Greeks a 'degenerate race' and their mythology 'barbarian recollections'. Rather mythology uses metaphors to explain metaphysical concepts that are real. I skipped a few parts of the book based on the Editor's notes about Donnelly's information being worthless and inaccurate. Jeff Marzano The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls: Unlocking the Secrets of the Past, Present, and Future The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt Edgar Cayce's Atlantis and Lemuria: The Lost Civilizations in the Light of Modern Discoveries Gods of Eden: Egypt's Lost Legacy and the Genesis of Civilization The Giza Death Star Secrets of the Ancient World: Exploring the Insights of America's Most Well-Documented Psychic, Edgar Cayce The Atlantis Dialogue: Plato's Original Story of the Lost City, Continent, Empire, Civilization Initiation Initiation in the Great Pyramid (Astara's Library of Mystical Classics)

good:
The quality of the book's material and type are very good. There are a great many references to illustrations, maps, pictures, etc. The book I have has no illustrations. If I had known, I would have purchased a book with illustrations.

Ignatius' work is enjoyable and packed with rare texts:
Whether or not you think there was an Atlantis, this work should be read on account of the breath of insight which typifies some (not all) 19th century scholars. Professors today are often incapable of such writing because their feild of study is too narrow. This was written before Atlantis became associated with flaky new-age belief systems. It is packed with exerpts from hard to find texts from the ancient world. The analysis is graceful and intriguing, and it is hard to set the book down.