Atlantis and the Silver City (52 page)

New Zealand,
199

Niebla, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain: alphabet/script and,
185
,
187
; author’s visit to,
57
; blond people near,
166
; as citadel,
108
,
170
; ore mining in,
103
; Plato’s accounts and,
83–84
; Wishaw, Elena, and,
57–58
,
79
,
80–81
,
106
,
154

Nile (river),
11
,
241

Ningishzida,
210
,
213

Noah,
203
,
211
,
212

noras
,
99

North Africa,
35
,
47
,
99
,
152
,
166
,
191
,
202
,
238

North America,
164–65
,
189
,
196
,
201
,
234

North Magnetic Pole,
28

North Sea,
27
,
63

O

Odelouca River, Algarve, Portugal,
43
,
115

Olisippo (ancient name for Lisbon),
166

On Marvelous Things Heard
(Pseudo-Aristotle),
153

Onoba,
107

Order of Christ (formerly, Knights Templar),
155

ore mining, in Niebla,
58
,
81
,
103

orichalcum: on embankment, at citadel,
113
; mining of,
16
,
22
,
82
,
249
; mystery about,
231
; origins of,
82–83
; in South America,
219
; on temple,
113
,
177
,
251
,
253
; on wall,
18
,
250

ori/oro
,
82
,
83

Osiris,
200

Ossonoba,
109

ouro
,
82

Oxford University (England),
202

P

Pakistan,
177
,
187–89
,
188
,
188
,
197

palace(s): Plato’s accounts and,
17
,
18
,
19
,
118
,
120
,
169
,
249
,
250–51
; Poseidon’s,
113
,
118
,
223

Paleolithic period,
80

Palestine,
48
,
177

Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain,
81
,
107
,
163
,
164
,
170
,
171

Paris, France,
35

Pax Julia,
49

pelagos
,
71
,
72
,
241

Peloponnese Peninsula/Peloponnesos,
67

Penina Golf Course, Algarve, Portugal,
95–96

Periplus
(Scylax of Caryanda),
71

Persians,
216

Petrie, William Flinders,
182

Petterson, Hans,
157

phallic symbol/phallic worship,
208
,
226

Philistine,
186

Phoenicians: alphabet/script and,
5
,
177
,
178
,
179
,
184
,
188
,
188–89
,
190
,
191
; America and,
61
; anchors used by,
160
; Antilia and,
164
; in Cádiz,
54
,
174
; Canary Islands and,
151
; demise of,
69
; in Huelva,
107
,
108
,
170
; on islands near Azores/Madeira,
157
; maritime success of,
52
,
62
; Seville and,
107
; Silves and,
123
,
133
,
173
,
174
; trade by,
25
,
26
,
51
,
174

Picota, mountain near Silves,
99
,
121
,
147

Piggot, Charles S.,
157

Pillars of Hercules (Heracles): desert island near,
153
; navigation near,
71
,
72
; Plato’s accounts and,
13
,
14
,
16
,
59
,
63
,
84
,
245
,
248
; Santorini and,
230
; in Straits of Gibraltar,
59–60
,
60

Pinta
,
156

Pinzón, Martin Alonso,
156
,
163–64
,
174

Piri Reis map,
74–75
,
155
,
164

Pizarro, Francisco,
198

Pizzigano, Zuane,
163

plains
(planato)
,
68–69
,
137
,
145
,
147

plate tectonics,
35
,
36
,
229–30

Plato: agriculture references,
89–91
; Algarve region and,
144
; alphabet and,
177
; America and,
174
; ancient civilizations and,
232
; Atlantean Empire and,
149
,
164
,
167
,
174–75
; Atlantean race and,
204
,
240
; Atlanteans’ travel to America and,
61
; books/documentaries and,
27
; boundaries of Atlantis and,
16
,
62
,
165
,
185
,
196
,
201
,
242
,
245
,
248
; bulls and,
94–95
; canal/reservoir described by,
97
,
100
,
101
; carob described by,
92
; citadel’s location and,
30
,
104–5
,
112–17
,
118
,
120
,
218
,
230
; dating error by,
26
; debates (Plato’s Dialogues),
10–11
,
12
; disasters and,
25
,
180
; earthquakes and,
137
,
212
,
229
; Egyptian knowledge and,
62
; Elasippo and,
166
; elephants and,
93
; embankments described by,
109
,
112
,
113
,
120
,
121
,
122–28
,
127
; Estoi as capital and,
170
; existence of Atlantis and,
8–13
,
58
,
191
; Faro and,
109
; floods and,
212
; Gades’ region and,
31
,
62
,
84
; geography/location of Atlantis and,
27
,
59
,
62–63
,
64
,
66–67
,
68
,
76–77
,
78
; Greeks and,
174
; “high cliffs” and,
70
; island’s existence and,
65
,
66
; measurements and,
129–31
,
145
,
174
,
242
;
meson
translation and,
76
;
mezon
and,
242
; Minoan civilization and,
25
,
26
; mountains in accounts by,
73
,
129
,
147
;
nesson
and,
241
; other civilizations and,
29
;
pelagos
and,
241
; peninsula vs. island references,
76
; Phoenicians and,
62
; plain described by,
73
,
74
,
75–76
,
137
,
145
,
252–53
; “Plato test,”
24
; population of Atlantis and,
212
; Poseidon and,
194–95
,
224
; rulers of Atlantis and,
162
,
194
; The Silver City and,
169
; standing stone (menhir) and,
213
,
217
; straits/Straits of Gibraltar references and,
60
,
62
,
63
,
76
,
77
; theories held by,
9
; timber described by,
92
; timeline concerning Atlantis and,
21
,
38
,
200
,
201
,
230
; translation error in account by,
71
; truthfulness and,
12
,
13
; university founding by,
10
; water references and,
96
,
98
,
102
,
103
; wealth of Atlantis described by,
79
; wild life and,
95