Atlantis The — Antediluvian World

is a seminal pseudoarchaeological book published in 1882 by Ignatius L. Donnelly , a Minnesota politician and author. The work is credited with launching the modern "lost civilization" genre and remains the foundational text for many alternative history theories. Core Thesis: Hyperdiffusionism

Donnelly's primary argument is that Plato’s account of Atlantis was largely factual. He proposed that Atlantis was: Atlantis The Antediluvian World

: The literal "Garden of Eden" or the original home of the Greek, Phoenician, and Scandinavian gods, who were actually the deified kings of Atlantis. Key Evidence and Arguments is a seminal pseudoarchaeological book published in 1882

: He pointed to similarities in architecture (pyramids in both Egypt and Central America), customs, and symbols as proof of a common Atlantean origin. Donnelly used a wide array of cross-disciplinary data—most

Donnelly used a wide array of cross-disciplinary data—most of which has since been discredited by modern science—to build his case: