Message #43691

[Mark of Australia]

I'm saluting that one cicero .

The most annoying thing in Atlantology is the poor standard of scholarship that causes people to think it acceptable to make claims about ancient texts etc. without giving clear references to the source of their information.

It's unacceptable in books about Atlantis but I don't think Danaus has done anything wrong since this is 'just' a forum and anyone can ask him for the source. I would be a little irritated if his claim turned out to be a mirage though..

An example of what I would call pathetic in this regard, is a claim made in 'When the Sky Fell' by Rand and Rose Flem-Ath , it mentions twice how Athanasius Kircher claimed his map of Atlantis was originally stolen from Egypt by the invading Romans. There was no explanation for the source of this vital information. And when I finally got an answer from Rand Flem-Ath he just said he couldn't really remember how that arose !  Needless to say I am forced to ignore the claim now.

All I can say is if you're not sure of the claims you are making about ancient texts ,say so.