We are currently in the process of finalising the manuscript for "The Lost Treasures of Atlantis", though it has not all been plain sailing!

Gavin is at the Sharjah International Book Fair this week, with a brief stopover in Cairo to discuss a proposed exhibition there.

"A True History of Global Exploration"
We are pleased to say that we have recently finished a film entitled "A True History of Global Exploration". This 16 minute teaser film is essentially a summary of the meeting we held back in April at the Royal Geographical Society in London. We are hoping a production company might pick up this idea and make a full length documentary. Please let us know if you think you can help us in this respect.
To watch the film please click on the following link:
http://www.gavinmenzies.net/pages/video/global_exploration_video.htm

It's Rainmaking time
You can now listen to an interview with Gavin and Kim Greenhouse,  concerning "1434" at the following link, on Kim's show 'It's Rainmaking Time'. Enjoy! http://itsrainmakingtime.com/2010/gavinmenzies2/

Gavin on BBC News
Gavin was interviewed by the BBC in relation to a new find off the Kenyan coast. You can read more about this at the following link:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11531398

Furthermore, Tai-Peng Wang, a friend of 1421 made us aware of a speech made recently by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in New York, in which he stated: "... As we all know perfectly well, 600 years ago, Zheng He sailed south to Melacca and west to the Cape of Good Hope. All he brought along were silks, tea and friendship. There was never an inch of foreign soil occupied by him, including those places that remained undeveloped then such as Australia..."
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/wenjiabao65lianda/content-2/detail_2010_09/23/2612246_0.shtml

So it appears that he and his advisors are on the side of President Hu Jintao and Professor Zhang Zhijiang in advocating that Zheng He did in fact visit Australia.

It is nice to see that Gavin's years of hard research are being recognised by "the Establishment"!

Gunnar Thompson
News from Gunnar: Critics are raving! Gunnar Thompson has written two new books about ancient voyagers. "Secret Voyages" tells the stories of Zheng He, Xu Fu, Marco Polo, Solomon, Hatshepsut, and Francis Drake and features a Forward by Gavin. "Ancient Egyptian Maize" tells how sailors brought Indian corn back to Egypt in 1470 BC. Both books are great for general audiences and are fully illustrated; 200+ pages. Available for $21.95 from www.Lulu.com. or Amazon.

Charlotte Rees
Charlotte has recently finished a well-received tour of California and has asked that you visit her website www.asiaticfathers.com  for details of future talks.

Exhibitions in Chicago
A reader has brought our attention to some exhibitions which are currently being held in Chicago and relate to our research in one way or other.
1. Ballplayers, Gods, and Rainmaker Kings: Masterpieces from Ancient Mexico" September 16^th  2010 - January 2, 2011, The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/Ballplayers
2. Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Shouyang Studio: The Katherine and George Fan Collection November 6^th 2010- January 2^nd 2011, The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/shouyangstudio
3. Visible language: inventions of writing in the Ancient Middle East.
September 8^th 2010 - March 6^th 2011- The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. This new exhibition will show visitors how scribes in the Ancient Middle East invented writing, thus transforming prehistoric cultures into civilisations. http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/special/writing/