Mu and Lemuria: How Real Sunken Lands Fed a Lost-Continent Myth
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean, to explain why lemurs in Madagascar had relatives in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu, the home of an ancient civilization drowned by the sea.
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean. He needed a land bridge to explain why lemurs were concentrated in Madagascar while their relatives lived in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu. He said Mu was the home of an ancient civilization that the sea had drowned.
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean, to explain why lemurs in Madagascar had relatives in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu, the home of an ancient civilization drowned by the sea.
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean, to explain why lemurs in Madagascar had relatives in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu, the home of an ancient civilization drowned by the sea.
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean, to explain why lemurs in Madagascar had relatives in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu, the home of an ancient civilization drowned by the sea.
In 1864, zoologist Philip Sclater named Lemuria for a hypothetical land beneath the Indian Ocean, to explain why lemurs in Madagascar had relatives in India. More than half a century later, James Churchward moved the lost continent into the Pacific and called it Mu, the home of an ancient civilization drowned by the sea.