[blam]

" It is possible the original Egyptian story involved an island civilization beyond the mouth of the Nile (since the Egyptians had never sailed to the Atlantic), and then Plato sexed it up to the "Pillars of Hercules" since he was writing to Greek audience."

I wonder where the Egyptians got the cocaine and nicotine then?

The Mystery Of The Cocaine Mummies

[Bob J]

Egyptian boats were flat and designed to sail the Nile and coastal areas on the Southern Mediterranean. Improved building and techniques might have come from other Med civilizations like the Minoans and Greeks, but I've never seen any evidence that Egyptian boats were built to survive the open Med much less the Atlantic.

From this article they suggest a tobacco type plant might have grown in Africa at the time of the Pharoahs (gone now), the same could be said for the coco plant.

Sure is a mystery.