Unable to import an old .mbox

I have a collection of old Mail messages saved as a ".mbox" and tried to import them into Mail, but I keep getting an Error message telling me "No valid mbox files were found".
The only thing that has changed is I originally saved the .mbox from my old Powerbook G4, and now i am using a Macbook Intel Core 2 Duo. Does anyone know what is wrong. I am going through Mail - Import - Other - Select .mbox, but it keeps giving me the error message.
These are valid Mail messages.

I select the folder which is a ".mbox"
For clarification, inside of the parent .mbox folder, are other nested .mbox folders, each of which contain a "Messages" folder and a file called "Info.plist". Inside of the "Messages" folder are multiple mail files with the identifiers .emix.
I do as you say. I select the parent folder called .mbox but keep getting the error message.
I have tried other combinations (eg selecting the .mbox's contained within the parent .mbox), but I still get the error message.
The only thing that works so far is if I select an individual .emix file, and drag it onto my Mail application icon in the dock, then it opens in Mail, but as I have hundreds of messages in the .mbox, it's not an effective way of importing them.
I hope this clarifies it. Any ideas?

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