What Galadriel Means By The "Real" Numenor (& What Happened To It?)

Warning: spoilers ahead for The Rings of Power episode 6Galadriel differentiates between Númenor and the real Númenor in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - here's what she actually means by that. Isildur (Maxim Baldry) has been desperate to leave home ever since The Rings of Power began, and explains precisely why during a conversation with Morfydd Clark's Galadriel in episode 6. Isildur says, "It's not Númenor. Not the real Númenor anyway. If it ever existed." Rather than questioning when Númenor was torn down and replaced with a very convincing fake, Galadriel reassures him, "It existed. It exists still." What exactly do they mean by "real" Númenor?

Source: Screenrant