Atlantis and the Silver City (51 page)

Mexico,
198
,
200
,
220

Mexico City, Mexico,
220

Mezon
,
242

mid-Atlantic/mid-Atlantic Ridge,
138
,
157

Middle East: agriculture in,
88
; alphabet/script and,
179
,
204
; Atlantean race and,
196
; blond-haired/red-haired people in,
196
; carob used in,
91
; DNA markers and,
165
; language exported to,
179
,
204
; Native American DNA and,
165
; silver exported to,
171
; Taffy people originating from,
51
; Tarshish and, in Old Testament,
53
; trade with,
52

military of Atlantis,
20
,
246
,
253

Milreu (presently Estoi), Algarve, Portugal,
109
,
110
,
173

mineral water,
99

mines/mining: in Algarve region,
81
; Arganthonius’ wealth and,
171
; in Britain,
174
; Caesar, Julius, and,
50
; Carthaginians and,
52
; in Iberia,
51
; Niebla and,
58
; in Portugal,
51
; in Rio Tinto,
51
,
58
,
81
,
103
,
170
; in South Africa,
216
; in Spain,
51
,
81
,
170
; Sumerians and,
216
; wealth of Atlantis and,
231

Minoans: alphabet/script and,
177
,
185
,
191
; Atlantean Empire and,
167
; bulls depicted in ceremonies of,
95
; on Crete,
24
,
25
,
26
,
230
; in Huelva,
170
; on islands near Azores/Madeira,
157
; on Santorini,
24
,
143
,
230
; trade by,
25
,
52
,
167
; as warriors,
25

Mneseus,
248

Moguer, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain,
81
,
107
,
170
,
171

Mohenjo-daro, Sindh, Pakistan,
233

Monchique, Algarve, Portugal,
115
,
147

Montexano, Georgeos Diaz

mooring circles,
160
,
161

the Moors: Algarve (Al Garb) and,
47
,
110
; Atalaia and,
239
; boat-building by,
92
; Crusaders and,
40
,
46
,
47–48
;
El Laberinto
(“The Labyrinth”) and,
106
;
noras
used by,
99
; in North Africa,
99
; remains from era of, in museum,
207
; return to Spain,
48
; Silves and,
46
,
48–49
,
114
,
117
,
118
,
131–32
,
171
,
173
; timber used by,
92
; well built by,
99

Morocco, North Africa: alphabet/script and,
177
,
179
,
182
,
185
,
190
; ancient buildings in,
41
,
219
; Atala and,
238
,
239
; Atlantean race and,
202
; Atlantis extending to,
30
,
76
,
166
,
242
, Diaz-Montexano, Georgeos, and,
243
; elephants in,
93
; Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake and,
35
; Straits of Gibraltar and,
166
; submerged land near coast of,
73
; wild animals migration and,
94

Mortuary Temple,
56

Moses,
204
,
208

mountains.
See also
specific names of: in Algarve region,
87
,
146–47
; earthquakes forming,
126
; on Piri Reis map,
74
; in Plato’s accounts,
73
,
77–78
; in Silves,
128
,
129
; word translations and,
82