The Hyborian Age is the epoch of history from about 16,000 BC to 8,000 BC, a time in-between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, which emerged after the sinking of Atlantis but was itself subsequently destroyed by another great catastrophe. As a result of this latter catastrophe, much of the history of the Hyborian Era was forgotten by humanity. Although it is a 'vanished age', vestigial memories and other traces of the customs and culture of the Hyborian Era did remain in people's minds, and were passed on to the later Bronze Age civilizations. Thus, for example, the people of the Hyborian Era nation Stygia became in post-Bronze Age centuries the Egyptians.