Mystery AtlasAtlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882)
Ignatius Donnelly's bestselling book arguing Atlantis was real, Atlantic, and the mother of all civilisations; the founding text of modern Atlantis belief and of much later pseudo-archaeology.
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Theories & Explanations
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) popularised Literal Atlantis Theories.
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) served as the basis for Hancock Lost Civilisation Theory — Critics trace Hancock's diffusionist framework directly to Ignatius Donnelly's 1882 book, including its discredited denial that non-European peoples built their own monuments.
People
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) was authored by Ignatius Donnelly.
Places
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) mentions Great Pyramid of Giza — Donnelly cited worldwide pyramid-building as evidence of diffusion from Atlantis; mainstream archaeology attributes the pattern to independent invention, not a common source.
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