To: jimtorr
No doubt there was contact from Europe and the mid-east to the Americas I am just not certain why the views are not more main stream. There are anecdotes like cocoa and nicotine found in Egyptian mummies which would date the contact long before the Vikings. Somehow I missed the Roman ships in the Amazon, thanks for mentioning it. Will have to search out more about that one.
10 posted on
12/07/2002 7:20:27 AM PST by
u-89
To: u-89
The Egyptian mummies contained cocaine and marijuana. Which just goes to show, there is nothing new under the sun.
To: u-89
I missed the Roman ships in the Amazon, Maybe the New World was their Chestnut Tree Cafe'?
19 posted on
12/07/2002 12:07:06 PM PST by
watcher1
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