Mark Wollacott
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* Story Teller
* Teacher
* Philosopher
* Podcaster
* Eclectic
Novelist
Mark is the author of half a dozen novels, poetry collections, and short story collections. His top books include:
The Tombs and Tomes Podcast
Words, Wisdom and Wonderings. The wandering mind finds itself fascinated by a wide range of topics, ideas, and well, things.
The Tombs and Tomes podcast is for those who want to learn something new and interesting be it philosophy, history, archaeology, human evolution, books, movies, music, nature or just understanding who we are as humans.
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The Tombs and Tomes Podcast will be launched in late 2024.
The Hunt For Silverheart
Once, every 12 generations, a man arises who can kill Silverheart, the Father of Beasts. Runewolf thinks it's him, but so do half his friends and most of the village. Join him as he travels beyond his home for the first time into magical lands of monsters, despotic...
What is the Thucydides Trap?
"What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta." The Peloponnesian War, Thucydides A Thucydides Trap is when a rising power threatens the hegemony of an established power. When such a challenge arises war becomes...
Did the Justinian Plague affect Britain?
The Justinian plague had a devastating yet unequal effect on Britain in the 6th century. The Romano-British kingdoms which still traded extensively with the remnants of the Roman Empire fell victim to the plague en mass. While some of the English were affected, many...
Plato’s Atlantis
What is the primary source of the legend of Atlantis?
The primary source of the legend of Atlantis is The Timaeus and Critias written by the Greek philosopher, Plato. This is, as far as we know, the only primary source for the legend. All others come later as commentaries, mentions of commentaries, or interpretations of...
Is the Richat structure Atlantis?
The Richat structure in Mauritania is the closest known match to Plato’s description of Atlantis. There is no positive evidence to directly tie the two together or of an ancient civilization in the Richat, but it is in the right place, matches the geography of Plato’s...