Was the Azores home to an ancient civilisation?

YouTube ^ | Narrator: Sam Hartford, Executive Producer: Griesham Taan | BBC Reel

[SunkenCiv]

History books tell us that Portuguese navigators found the Azores islands uninhabited in the middle of the Atlantic during the early 1400s. But some intriguing constructions suggest that people occupied this area long before.

So, who was this civilisation, and why did they leave?

Was the Azores home to an ancient civilisation? | Next Stop Stories | BBC Reel | October 28, 2022

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https://freerepublic.com/tag/periplusofhanno/index

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Stone with the hole in it - pictured - is a ship anchor

[Red Badger]

20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age, the ocean was much shallower and the ice shelf probably extended to near the Azores. People could have walked there or taken a kayak...................

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

yup.