Mystery surrounds north Georgia ruins.

[Dantheman62]

Hey Brinty, I've checked out three different articles on Prester John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/presjohn.html
http://www.philaprintshop.com/presjohn.html
They seem to talk about him as a myth and a legend, was he real?

Here's a short story about Brendan with a mention of Tim Severin at the end.

http://www.stbrendansvoyage.org/story.htm hmmmm interesting!

[Antaletriangle]

Funny you mention the Welsh prince before Columbus-in Rosslyn chapel there are stone carvings of aloe vera plants in the ceiling and around the coving; carved a few years before 1492!

[islandman]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

Hey Brinty, I've checked out three different articles on Prester John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/presjohn.html
http://www.philaprintshop.com/presjohn.html
They seem to talk about him as a myth and a legend, was he real?

Here's a short story about Brendan with a mention of Tim Severin at the end.

http://www.stbrendansvoyage.org/story.htm hmmmm interesting!

The Brenden story is unreliable, a patchwork quilt of stories from the time combined to make the myth of St Brenden. The Book by Tim Severn is one of my favorites, what a bloody lunatic to sail the north Atlantic in a skin boat. Very little is known of the types of boats mentioned in the stories during this period as none have been found. So Tim used a lot of guess work to reconstruct this boat but fair play to him a brilliant story.

The Vikings did reach North America and archaeological remains have been found to prove this. http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html

[Dantheman62]

Yeah islandman, I think it was Leif Erickson who first came here with the Vikings.

[Humble Janitor]

I doubt that the Cherokees would make up something like this.

[mntruthseeker]

Wow, fascinating story there DantheMan.................I love it. What I liked was the tear shape because it would make sense as it was such a sad sad time for the Native Americans.

I hated history in school although I'm sure alot of this would not of been told. They are showing alot on the History channel. Last week was the first time I heard that the real reason Christopher Columbus came over was to find the garden of Eden. Boy I sure lived a sheltered life. I guess they never tell you the real stories in the Catholic schools anyhow. They sure told the lies through the church.

Thanks so much for sharing all the information everyone.

[Brinty]

This link brings the mysteries of ancient times a bit closer to where I live . . . . . .

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?i...icial%26sa%3DN

As has been said over the years, "All the world loves a good mystery."