EVIDENCE OF ATLANTIS

Morocco

Another area said to contain evidence of Atlantis yet on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean is Morocco. This land was first settled by a people encountered by the Romans and named Berbers. A simple “Google” search of “Berber history” yields the following information about the people:

The origin of Berbers is not certain either, some believe they may have come from Europe, but it is safest to consider the Berbers as the original population of North Africa.

From the Atlas Mountains--the northwest border of the Sahara desert--to the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts and the Strait of Gibraltar--gateway to Europe--Morocco is a unique and historically crucial African territory. Berbers lived there over 3000 years ago.

A current theory on the origin of the Berber population is that they were descended from Hamites who came from the Red Sea coast. These Hamite-speaking people were subdivided into Berbers, Egyptians and Ethiopians. The Berbers were thought to have continued west through Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. In Roman times their population was around 3 million spread through-out North Africa. The Arabs conquered Morocco in the 8th century.

In a study to determine the genetic profiles of Arab-speaking Moroccans18, it was found that they were still genetically Berbers or Imazhigans and the Basque (who live in the Pyrenees) were also related. Some of their findings are summarized in Table 3 below.

Table 3. “Standard Genetic Distances between Moroccans and other populations”.

Standard genetic distances (SGD) between Moroccans and other populations (x 102) obtained by using HLA-DRB1 allele frequencies (Negative values may be assumed as 0 values; otherwise, the highest negative value may be regarded as the closest one). Standard error is 0 in all cases.

Population HLA-DRB1
(SGD x 102)

Algerians (Algiers) -5.83

Berbers (Agadir) -2.77

Spaniards 3.02

Basques 8.98

Non-Ashkenazi Jews 10.87

French 11.30

Ashkenazi Jews 15.69

Italians 16.75

Cretans 22.46

Moroccan Jews 25.19

Sardinians 30.06

Lebanese (NS) 46.51

Lebanese (KZ) 54.04

Japanese 86.30

Greeks 89.17

San (Bushman) 122.71