Ancient Maps Out of Place and Time
In my book, Our Unknown Ancient Past , I included the world map of Herodotus, a map based on the descriptions of the ancient Greek historian, in reference to Atlantis. There, one can see the Atlas Mountain-range in the north-western edge of Africa. I would now like to discuss this map further, as it contains more interesting information. First of all, you can see the Indus River on the far right. This is important, as ancient Greeks were not supposed to know about the Indus River at the time of Herodotus. Alexander the Great reached India, but that was long after the time of Herodotus. This is further proof that the old stories of Dionysus and Hercules campaigning up to India are more than just stories, just like I argue in my book. In fact India was known to the Greeks al least since the time of Homer, as the great poet tells of the Ethiopians of the far east, opposite to the ones of Africa, taking it clear he was talking about the people of India. Secondly, you can not help but not...