Message #263635

[Jonna Herring]

It is 99% likely in my opinion that there were sailings to the Americas by one of the old world civilizations. Unless it is smoking gun type evidence however, it will be difficult to prove. The odd OOPART or random glyph here and there cannot be definitive proof. A trading settlement or colony unearthed would seem the best bet. The Phoenician circumnavigation of Africa in 1200 BC was documented, and even that is questioned by some scholars. Pytheas the Greek claimed to have sailed 7 days northwest of Britain to Iceland 'where the sea congealed'.