Atlantis and the Silver City (54 page)

São Domingos, near Beja, Alentejo,
50
,
81
,
103

São Miguel, the largest Azore,
156

Sarmast, Robert
(Discovery of Atlantis)
,
24

Scandinavia/Scandinavians,
27
,
35
,
80
,
185
,
196
,
202
,
203

Schultan, Adolf,
241

Science
,
94

Scotland,
196
,
202
,
203

Scott, Robert, and Henry George Liddell
(The Greek Lexicon)
,
66

script.
See
alphabet/characters/script

Scylax of Caryanda
(Periplus)
,
71

sea barrier, at site of Atlantis,
14
,
25

seismic activity: 1755 earthquake and,
34
,
150
; author’s home and,
6
; death/disappearance of Atlantis and,
7
,
143
,
201
,
229–30
; fault lines and,
143
,
150
; in Gorringe Bank area,
69
,
150
; in mid-Atlantic ridge area,
157
; prediction about,
231
; in Silves’ area,
116
,
129

Semites,
171
,
204

serpent symbol/serpent people,
209
,
210
,
213

Seti,
210

Seville, Andalucía, Spain: alphabet/script and,
185
; as Arganthonius’ capital,
54
; as citadel,
106–7
,
169
; fertile area in,
145
; mountains and,
147
; Muslims and,
47
; rivers and,
103
; Tartessians/Tartessos and,
53
,
171
; Tharsis and,
107

shining lamps,
225–26

Siberia,
140–41

Sicily, Italy,
93

The Siege and Conquest of Silves in 1189
(Wilson),
46

Sierra Morena (mountain range), Spain,
51
,
171

Silbury Hill,
221–22

Silk Road,
197
,
201

silver: ancient civilizations and,
79
,
215
;
argan
,
169
,
173
; Kolaios’ gift of, from Arganthonius,
54
; mining of,
51
,
171
; Minoans and,
25
; in Old Testament,
53
; on Poseidon’s temple,
18
,
251
; prata,
168
; The Silver City (Silves),
168–75
; The Silver King (Arganthonius),
169
,
173
; taken from Portuguese, by Romans,
82
; on walls,
6
,
169
,
173
;
zila
,
168
;
zilah
,
168
;
Zilb
, as Conii name,
168
;
zilver
,
168

Silves, Algarve, Portugal (Cilbes, to the Conii): aqueduct on tile panel in,
119–20
; Atalaia near,
239
; Berbers in,
174
; book about conquest of,
46
; as capital of Atlantis,
112–17
,
118
,
119
,
120
,
122
,
125
,
128
; Carthaginians in,
123
,
131
; castle in,
118
,
119
,
120
,
122
; Conii in,
173
; earthquakes in,
37
,
120
,
125
,
131
; embankments in,
112
,
113
,
120
,
121
,
122–28
,
127
139
; Grove of Poseidon in,
119
,
120
; measurements and,
129–31
; the Moors and,
46
,
48–49
,
114
,
117
,
118
,
131–32
,
171
,
173
; mountains in,
128
,
129
; Phoenicians and,
133
,
167
,
173
,
174
; pyramids and,
222
; as The Silver City,
168–75
; standing stone (menhir) found near,
207
; step-pyramids in,
146–47
; stone in,
121–22
; storage areas in,
122
; Strabo and,
173
; Tartessians in,
173
; tsunamis in,
125
; viaduct near,
101
; wall in,
128–29
; water channels in,
139
; water in,
118–19
; well in,
118
; Wilson, Jonathan, in,
40
,
117–18, 119