The Hittites together with the ancient Egyptians are described by David Hatcher Childress as the successors of Atlanteans. He quotes their appearance, dress and construction techniques to support this contention. He describes them as great seafarers and he ascribes to them the exploitation of the vast American copper reserves of north Michigan ^{[620 ch.2]}. The renowned epigrapher, Professor Barry Fell identified the writing on the Newberry Stone, found in 1896 in Michigan, as Hittite-Minoan.

As there is no such language as Hittite-Minoan and the ancient exploitation of the Michigan copper mines by Old World traders is unproven^(a), Childress’ claims are based on speculation and flimsy circumstantial evidence, which for me are far from convincing.

^(a) http://www.ramtops.co.uk/copper.html