>
> > > Cole-Syria (that spit of land linking Egypt to Arabia & Palestine) ->
> > > Mediterranean (sailboat or at least a raft) ->
> > > home of the Sumerians.
> > > would that work?
> >
> > Coele-Syria, if i remember correctly, *is*
> > Palestine/Israel/Canaan/etc., as well as Lebanon (i.e. pretty much the
> > whole Levant area). It's a Greek name meaning something like "Hollow
> > Syria", referring to the northern non-oceanic part of the African-Asian
> > Rift.
> > The spit of land you're thinking of is probably the Sinai peninsula.
>
> my Egyptology teacher said that that was Cole-Syria...at least during the
> time of Ramses.
>
> > The Sumerians lived in what's now Kuwait (at least if any of it wasn't
> > underwater at the time) and southern Iraq
>
> umm...then why all the talk of crossing deserts? :) just sail *around*
> Arabia.
>
> yes? :)
>
>
>