In response to this publication:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternativeHistory/comments/1kc68xg/america_is_atlantis/
The capital city (Richat, Mauritania) was in Atlas'lot, the oldest sibling.
The Richat structure in Mauritania, matches with the description of the capital city (volcanic dome, hot springs, concentric circles, sea canal, etc..).
Richat is located in the Atar region (the word Atlas comes from the berber word Atar).
https://www.reddit.com/r/atlantis/comments/1givu0i/ancient_greeks_only_used_atlas_to_the_northwest/
The description of the Ancient Atar region (11,000 years ago) matches with the Atlas'lot : mountains of the north that descend towards the sea [Atlas mountains], fertile plain[Atar plateau], the river of Atlantis [Tamanrasset river] and the same cataclysms hit the region according to scientific studies (during the times of Atlantis)
The second brother, Gadeirus had his lot near the strait of Gilbaltar and faced the city of Cadix, Spain. The word Gadire is also of berber origin, and was later used by the Phoenicians. For instance, a whole region is called Agadir in Morocco.
https://www.reddit.com/r/atlantis/comments/1givu0i/ancient_greeks_only_used_atlas_to_the_northwest/
Mainland Atlantis was not a real "island"
https://www.reddit.com/r/atlantis/comments/1chyw8j/richat_as_the_city_of_atlantis_was_the_great/
Atlas & Gadeirus shared the mainland according to the Critias text which also says, that the other sets of twins (4 sets of twins / 8 twins) ruled over the islands of the open sea (Macaronesian Islands: Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde & Madeira).
Elements that definitely exclude the Americas
- Atlas & Gadire are words from the Berber languages
- Atlas & Agadir are regions in Northwest Africa.
- Atlantis had an access (harbour) to the mediterranean sea. (Plato, Timaeus)
- Atlantis was the last land before the Atlantic ocean (Plato, Timaeus)
- Poseidon was originally a Libyan God before being introduced in Greece. (Herodotus)
- Ancient Berbers worshipped Atlas and Poseidon.
- The Atlas mountains are in Africa and called after Atlas the Titan.
- Ancient berbers who lived near the Atlantic ocean during Plato's existence were called Atlantes (Herodotus)
- The Libyan amazons who lived near the lake Tritonis were the neighbours of the Atlantians. (Diodorus Siculus)
- The libyan amazons had to cross mainland Atlantis, to attack the Gorgons who lived on one of the islands of Macaronesian islands ruled by the Atlantians (Diodorus Siculus and other authors)
- Kerne was a coastal city of Atlantis. (Diodorus Siculus and Palaephathus)
- Kerne who can be identified as the island of Tidra,Mauritania was visited and occupied by the Phoenicians (Hanno the Carthaginian and others)
The ancient Egyptians likely received the story of Atlantis from the ancient Berbers.
Atlantis was in Northwest Africa.
by NukeTheHurricane