[SunkenCiv]

I should have pointed out that Zangger’s also equated the Trojan War with Plato’s story of Atlantis — this should get some blood circulating. ;’)

And no, Thera/Crete was *not* Atlantis — if Atlantis wasn’t exactly where Plato placed it — in the Atlantic Ocean (hence the name), it was entirely an invention for a couple of his dialogues. His is literally the only ancient source of the legend.

The Flood from Heaven: Deciphering the Atlantis Legend
by Eberhard Zangger
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1960683.The_Flood_from_Heaven

[Hootowl]

Just catching up. . .the placement of Atlantis is based on Plato saying that it was beyond the Pillars of Hercules, usually interpreted to mean beyond Gibraltar. However, there was another set of ancient “pillars” in the Aegean Sea, not far from Thera, also known as the Pillars of Hercules, so Atlantis could very well be Thera.

[PIF]

Hancock makes the case that “Atlantis” may have been on the land mass called Sundaland before it was flooded by the melting ice (leaving present day Indonesia). Recent discoveries lead to a civilization going back 10,000 years or more.

[SunkenCiv]

• The Dark Age Of Greece: The Allies of Priam Immanuel Velikovsky
• New Light On The Dark Age Of Greece: The Trojans and their Allies Jan Sammer

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Zangger's earlier attempt to use the Trojan War to 'explain' something.

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The Flood from Heaven: Deciphering the Atlantis Legend by Eberhard Zangger Paperback Hardcover Hardcover Hardcover import

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