| From: | Darrell L. Bowman darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Crater Lake |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:46:08 -0400 |
> Most importantly it was the eruption of the island itself that is the
> biggest clue. No other event could have been massive enough to destroy an
> entire island. Plato talks of the destruction of Atlantis happening 9000
> years before his day. One theory suggests that the original legend that
> the Egyptians read may have been written in a language that the Minoans
> used called Linear A. In Linear A, the symbol used for 100 and the one
> used for 1000 differ only slightly. A simple mistake would have introduced
> an error factor of 10, putting the destruction of Atlantis not 9000 years
> before Plato, but 900 years before, which coincides with the eruption of
> Thera.
Now that was interesting. I'd never heard all of that before.
Thanks for the lesson. :-)
---
When Fate taps you on the shoulder, you'd best pay
attention. Unfortunately, she has that blasted habit
of tapping you on the opposite shoulder, so that when
you turn around she's actually on your other side,
giggling like a schoolgirl. I hate that.
-- Harlequin, Immortal Elf,
from Harlequin's Back, A Shadowrun Adventure,
from FASA Corporation.
Nightshade, Human Racoon Shaman
or
Raven, Elven Irish Rigger with an attitude.
Darrell Bowman
darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us
