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loudsue

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17. It was believed that there was an Atlantean land bridge between the two.

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:48 PM

Nov 2013

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, by Ignatius Donnelly (1882) , edited by Egerton Sykes, is a little ( ? ) far out there, but it does express the lore of a much earlier time ( Plato was really into Atlantis) .

It really isn't that hard to imagine with continental drift and a meteor/astroid hitting the earth to cause flooding/tsunamis/a big mess.

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