(08-24-2012, 03:34 PM)Spaced Wrote: If we wish to take this line of extrapolation further, I would suggest that these Sanskrit speaking Anatolians may have been forced to relocate due to the expansion of the Semetic (Hebrew based) speaking Akkadian Empire into Anatolia. If this is the case they may have sailed to the then uninhabited island of Crete to set up a new society which flourished into the Minoan civilization (which I hypothesized in an earlier post in this thread also spoke Sanskrit). Tragically the Minoan civilization ended in flood (well tsunami) as well.
It seems like the Atlanteans were followed by water wherever they went, then, based on what you are saying or conjecturing!
The following from the website: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32086737/ns/...Djn5KDCrEx
Quote:Lost city of the Incas remains a mystery
In 1911, U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham scrambled up a steep mountain side in southern Peru and encountered an ancient city of sorts beneath the undergrowth. The site, Machu Picchu, is popularly known as the Lost City of the Incas. What exactly the city was, however, remains a mystery. Scholars have variously theorized it was the birthplace of the Incas, a private estate, and a spiritual destination. Prior to Bingham's encounter, the city was lost to the jungle for about 500 years.
Could Machu Picchu possibly be the location of Atlantean settlement in Peru? There is some more interesting information here that could be pertinent too -- http://sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html