Panchaea

Panchaea was an island in the Indian Ocean first mentioned by the Greek philosopher Euhemerus in the 4^th century BC. It is conventionally assumed to be fictional^(b) as it shares many of the characteristics of Plato’s Atlantis.

>The excellent Theoi.com website^(c) offers all the classical references to Panchaea.<

Nevertheless, Thérêse Ghembaza has boldly proposed^(a) that Meroë on the Upper Nile, which can be loosely described as an island, was the Panchaea described by Diodorus Siculus and was, by extension, Plato’s Atlantis.

>The Third Atlantis Conference held on Santorini in 2011 saw a paper from geologist Mircea Ticleanou propose that Panchaea had been located on the Pannonian Plain, an idea supported in a 2018 posting^(d).<

^(a) http://www.antiqua91.fr/panchea_en.html

^(b) https://www.jasoncolavito.com/panchaea-the-other-atlantis.html

^(c) PANCHAEA (Pankhaia) – Fabulous Indian Ocean Island of Greek Legend (theoi.com) *

^(d) THE ISLANDS OF THE RELICT PANNONIAN LAKE AFTER EUHEMERUS OF MESSENE (QUOTED BY DIODORUS SICULUS) – THE PANCHAEA LOCATION – Šareni portal (wordpress.com) *