Message #74659

[Ian Nottingham]

Very well thought out hypothesis, Titiea. I do have some problems with a lot of it, though. The geography in terms of the location I have a problem with, first off. All the ancients pretty much agree that the Pillars were located near Gibraltar.  Really hard to get beyond that one, especially as it also features a pretty accurate description of the Mediterranean.

I can accept your argument for a more recent Atlantis, though Calcidius (Plato's earliest translation) still reaffirms the earlier dates.

I have a lot of difficulty with the downplaying of the war with Atlantis.  Greek mercenaries against the warriors of Nubia?  Atlantis supposedly enslaved all the people within the Med, so I don't quite see that one.

But the most troubling thing is that I don't see how Plato's descriptions fit with anything found in Nubia.  I have to say I think most people looking at this will have the same problem with it as well.  Anything you can point to specifically that resembles Plato's Atlantis in Nubia?