It was argued that Atlantis was a real place, that modern man originated there, and that it was the source of civilizations around the world, including those who built the pyramids.
So let's look at the arguments of a fellow named Ignatius Loyola Donnelly.
— Episode: CLASSIC: What about the other pyramids?
Episode: CLASSIC: What about the other pyramids?
It was argued that Atlantis was a real place, that modern man originated there, and that it was the source of civilizations around the world, including those who built the pyramids.
So let's look at the arguments of a fellow named Ignatius Loyola Donnelly.
Congressman from Minnesota in the late 1800s, he argued this very point. He said that there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a large island was a remnant of another Atlantic continent known as Atlantis.
He said that Plato's description, which is often taken to be a fable, was the straight poop that it was actual history.
And that modern man first rose from barbarism to civilization in Atlantis.
And then he said that the Atlanteans established colonies around the world.