Did the Ancient Phoenicians (and Israelis) Have Colonies in South America?

SOLOMON'S FLEET MYSTERY Evidence of Phoenician voyages into the South Pacific

by Jonathan Gray Original Link: http://www.beforeus.com/email/article/art2_solfleet.html I stumbled into it. And hating secrets, I just had to find out. Mount Moehau, on New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula, plunges steeply into the sea. Draped in subtropical rain forest, downcut by waterfalls and precipitous gorges, the region oozes mystery and enchantment. Here, says Maori legend, the Turehu people, light-skinned, with reddish hair, made their last stand.1 The Maoris say they found them in parts of New Zealand. As the Maori encroached, the Turehu retreated further into the hills, particularly of the Coromandel Peninsula. Here the mountains of Moehau, steep and remote, became their final refuge. Since they sought concealment near the misty summit of Moehau, the Turehu were sometimes spoken of as the "Mist People". Their voices and the ghostly piping of their flutes could often be heard in the dense forest. Hu…