Tartessos, an Emporium of Atlantis

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A 2800-year-old stele is currently on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari, a museum not to be missed even when visiting Sardinia for its beaches. The stele reveals the first complete Phoenician inscription ever found west of Tyre. It is difficult to interpret, but archaeologists tell us that the first line reads b-Trshs , meaning "in-Tartesso," and in the third line, we find b-Shrdn , meaning "in-Sardinia." But what was Tartesso, and what does it have to do with Atlantis? Tartesso is described as a mythical emporium of delights and rare goods – writes Frau – but it is unclear whether it was a region or a city, and it...