posted on Mar, 5 2022 @ 02:30 AM
a reply to:
theatreboy
Thanks. That was the info I was looking for. I knew there were islands in the Aegean that built step pyramids. Thira (Santorini) also being one of
them, but alas, the volcano would have destroyed them. So the closest step pyramid to Thira would have been the southern tip of the larger sunken
island of Atlas off Keros.
ATLAS ISLAND: Mesolithic coastline at approximately minus -90 meters below present.
The greater island of Atlas (includes Keros, Ios, Iraklia, Koufonissia, Naxos and Paros) would habe been colonized by boat groups during the
Mesolithic. That's when you find the first inhabitants of the Cyclades islands, like Kea, Milos and others.
Most of the artifacts from the Keros site date to 2300-2800 BCE. That would put the coast at about minus -35 meters below present (the mesolithic
coast is at minus -90 meters).
Just a note. That's also the timeframe when Egypt had a foreign pharoah who was Greek, who built step pyramids. Also, this is the group that most
likely brought step pyramid architecture to their colonies on Sicily (more so Milos-Thira group).
Thanks for the links.