The ancient Egyptian city of Avaris could be the real Atlantis described by Plato: through a careful analysis of historical sources, ancient texts and archaeological discoveries, the author reconstructs a forgotten past, revealing unexpected connections between civilizations, events and narratives of the ancient world. For archaeology enthusiasts, unsolved mysteries and for those seeking answers where myth and history intertwine.
I spent few days in Cyprus, great opportunity to visit some amazing archaeological sites, among them all I loved Χοιροκοιτία (Choirokoitia). A must see for those who love Mediterranean prehistory.
Visiting various Museums I could see a great deal of White Painted pottery like the beautiful jug below dated Late Cypriotic Bronze Age I 1650-1550 and synchronized with the Second Intermediate Period in Avaris, a subject discussed in Chapter 6 of my book The Atletenu of Avaris in case the links between Bronze Age Cyprus and Avaris are of your interest.
A new promotional video for 'The Atletenu of Avaris' has just been released for a social media campaign ...it should get the public's attention to the theory that Atlantis was the capital of the Hyksos Kingdom, the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta.
The 2025 new edition of The Atletenu of Avaris is available on Amazon starting today. This deeply revised and improved edition of the 2021 Atletenu text features a thoroughly re-edited English translation, updated graphics and images, and new content. In particular, it delves into topics requiring further investigation from the previous edition. For example, the problem of the existence of the "Pillars of Hercules" on the Nile Delta has been investigated in detail, providing concrete evidence. Furthermore, various passages of Critias and Timaeus are explored, offering important clarifications on the translation of the original text and, where necessary, addressing philological investigations on individual terms that represent essential lexical choices for understanding the real location of Atlantis. Thanks to the study and research behind this new edition, it is the author's opinion that the thesis identifying Atlantis as the city of Avaris, built on a gezira island along the Pelusiac channel of the Nile, is significantly strengthened. This new edition of The Atletenu of Avaris challenges entrenched paradigms and invites scholars across disciplines—historians, classicists, Egyptologists, and philologists—to reconsider the boundaries between mythology and history. It also appeals to readers passionate about ancient history, archaeology, and the enduring enigma of Atlantis.
With this short post I want to inform that the preparation of the second English edition of the book The Atletenu of Avaris is proceeding much faster than expected and therefore the publication will be announced soon.There are many new features and many interesting discoveries that make this second edition really special and richer than the previous one, not only in the form (graphics and translation) but also in the contents with new discoveries that support the theses and findings of the first edition.I will provide more details as soon as the final text is ready, I am convinced that more and more readers, thanks to this book, will share the thesis that Atlantis was the island of Avaris on the Pelusiac Channel of the Nile and that the Atlanteans were the Hyksos. I am very excited!
