A common misconception in uniformitarian circles is that Atland spoken of in the book Oera Linda is a corruption of Aldland, meaning old land, but the empire of Atlantis extended outside of the Pillars of Hercules obviously up to where today is the North Sea, where submerged ruins have been discovered by Juergen Spanuth of the oval fortress walls about five miles east of the island of Heligoland, where the ancient sea god Fosite was worshipped, Posidon, Sidon, a son of Canaan.