Herr_Saltzman
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Member # 2738
posted 02-17-2006 10:50 PM
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Sure, Plato's acount has some errors, but its the only thing we have to go on. We can't make radical revisions to it unless they are rooted in fact. Ulf Richter showed that Plato could very well, like Herodotus, have confused Egyptian "khet" for "stades" -or that he just recorded the numbers, and Plato assumed they were stades.
This would change the plain to a much more feasible one -about the size of that in the Pelopenessus, which exists in many places in the world. Furthermore, it would make Atlantis even closer to the sea.
Atlantis had a harbour. Atlantis sent ships to the ocean, and they navigated the ocean and the Mediterranean. They were close to the sea -they traded with people.
I did not say that South America was not in the Atlantic, but that Bolivia was not. It is inconceivable as to how the only way to access the Atlantic from Bolivia is through a series of rivers that span the South American continent. Contrary to Plato, who says Atlantis was close to the sea. The closest sea to the Altiplano is the Pacific. Moreover, how could Atlantis in Bolivia be considered a harbour city, when Atlantis was a harbour city?
What do you not understand about Atlantis being in the Atlantic? Moreover, it was close to Gibraltar, as Plato says repeadetly. PRO can only mean "before" -and you cannot change Plato's account -sure it has problems, but you can't just select problems to suit your theory.
And we are discussing Bolivia here, not Morocco.
You say that the mud of Atlantis is the Sargasso Sea, but then you say Atlantis was in Bolivia. How could its remains be in the Sargasso Sea if it was in Bolivia? Your theory contradicts itself.
It did not sink, and did not make the Atlantic unnavigable. The Sargasso Sea was around before "Atlantis" sank. And why would the Bolivians go to the Mediterranean? Moreover, the plain of Atlantis is a level plain at sea level ringed by mountains -not a plain on top of mountains.
Of course, some people will adhere to their theories in the face of all evidence.
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Cheers, and Good Mental Health,
Herr Saltzman
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