Paul Borchardt (23 July 1886 – 29 September 1957) was a German archaeologist, a pupil of the geographer Siegfried Passarge.
Borchardt argued that the Shott el Jerid swamp, generally thought to mark the site of Lake Tritonis, was in fact the original Atlantic Sea referred to by Plato.
He related the names of Berber tribes to the names of Poseidon's sons in Greek mythology, and suggested links between the city of Atlantis, the palace of Alkinoös referenced in The Odyssey and the City of Brass in the tales of The Arabian Nights.
[3] In the fall of 1938, Borchardt was incarcerated at Dachau, due to his Jewish ancestry.
His early release was secured in 1952 due to petitioning from the German government.