Springfield
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Oroblanco said:.... If Solomon and his "navy" were indeed traveling to the American southwest for gold, that expedition likewise could not have been very large in size. His "navy" was of only twelve ships, built at great cost and labor, and each voyage took three years. As the evidence in support of Solomon's fleet coming to America also seems to indicate that they were circumnavigating the globe, three years which did not allow a lot of time for traveling inland; in fact the first two (recorded) circumnavigations of the world took almost exactly three years <referring to Magellan and Drake> ....
If we possessed the proper historical documentation, whether accurate and complete or not, there would presumably then be little debate surrounding subjects such as cultural diffusionism. Unfortunately, there are gigantic knowledge gaps in human history, both ancient and contemporary, and this vacuum wants to be filled by inquiring minds.
Could Solomon have engineered three-year round trips to North America via the present Rio Grande Valley to harvest large amounts of gold somewhere in the Southwest? Sure, why not? Is it plausible? Yes. Is it logical/rational? Yes. Perhaps he negotiated with the Phoenicians to handle the seafaring. Perhaps the supporting documentation existed in the Library of Alexandria (even though this type of activity might have been 'classified'). Perhaps the navigation was executed using the enigmatic ancient maps revealed by Charles Hapgood's Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (a must read for the terminally curious).
We living humans can't even agree with what we were mass eyewitnesses to 11/22/63 or 9/11/01. It's difficult to swallow taking an exclusive position on ancient history due to a 'lack of evidence'.