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Virgil's Demi-God City 'Found'
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:57 pm
by archteryx
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:32 pm
by daybrown
I thnk Virgil was a better poet, storyteller, and propagandist than he was an archaeologist. What I think Archaeology does suggest, is not Trojans, but Minoans after the eruption of mt Stronghyle in 1628 BCE who settled as refugees on the Italian coast. I think the Minoans were already aware of the metal ores in Tuscany, and it would have been a nobrainer to move there given their metal technology which the locals lacked.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:30 am
by Minimalist
If that were true it would be pretty bad luck to move from the environs of Thera to the environs of Vesuvius to be 'safe.'