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Who was Tantalus? Part One: Tantalis or Atlantis?
Who was Tantalus? Part One: Tantalis or Atlantis? © Nicholas Costa 2026 Pliny states: “In the same region there was [once] Tantalis, the capital of Maeonia, where Magnesia [ad Sipylum] now stands.” (Natural History 5. 31) Elsewhere Pliny discusses geological changes and mentions that Tantalis was destroyed by a catastrophe. He notes that where the…
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Why Akhenaten began worshiping the Sun. The Precursor to the Destruction of Atlantis.Halley’s Comet and the 1:6 resonance with Jupiter.What happened in Egypt c1352 BC?
Why Akhenaten began worshiping the Sun. Halley’s Comet and the 1:6 resonance with Jupiter.What really happened in Egypt c1352 BC? © Nicholas Costa 2026 In 1352 BC, Egypt entered the ‘revolutionary’ Amarna Period, marked by Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (who became Akhenaten) abandoning traditional polytheism for the exclusive worship of the sun-disc Aten, and moving the…
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Tityus unmasked- the reason for Akhenaten’s worship of the Aten?
Tityus unmasked- the reason behind Akhenaten’s worship of the Aten? Part One © Nicholas Costa 2025 The Myth of Tityus: First phase: Zeus fell in love with Elara and hid her from his wife Hera. He placed Elara her deep beneath the Earth. Here she gave birth to Tityus. He was a giant who was…
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Who was Sisyphus? A Metaphor for Halley’s Comet 1404 BC?
Who was Sisyphus? A Metaphor for Halley’s Comet 1404 BC? © Nicholas Costa 2025 The Wikipedia entry for Sisyphus runs as follows: “In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos is the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus’s abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus’s wrath. His…
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Plato, Isocrates, and the true location of Atlantis
The Atlantis Narative- Mistaken Assumptions of its Translators © Nicholas Costa 2025 In 1841 Thomas-Henri Martin published Études sur le Timée de Platon (Studies on Plato’s Timaeus), in which he analyzed previous interpretations of the Atlantis story. He concluded that the location described by Plato was not a real, historical place but a literary creation…
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Journey to Atlantis- Ephesus, the Birth of Artemis, Part Two
Part Two © Nicholas Costa 2025: More evidence concerning the airburst of c1327 BC recorded in the Hittite tablets. Ortygia Strabo provides more information about the exact location of the initial airburst: “Then comes the harbor called Panormus, with a sanctuary of the Ephesian Artemis; and then the city Ephesus. On the same coast, slightly…
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Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, the Birth of Athene, Plato and the Whirling Dervishes. Part Two
Saint Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, the Birth of Athene, Plato and the Whirling Dervishes. Part Two © Nicholas Costa 2025 Mevlana Celaddiin-i Rumi Konya, known in antiquity as Iconium, is considered to be one of the most religiously conservative metropolitan centers in Turkey. It is best known as the final home of Rumi (1207-1273…
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Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, the Birth of Athene, and Plato. Part One
Saint Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, The Birth of Athene , and Plato. Part One © Nicholas Costa 2025 Iconium The ancient city of Iconium is now known as Konya. It is located in central Turkey. The city lies at an elevation of about 1,027 metres (3,370 feet) on the southwest edge of the central…
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Journey to Atlantis, Part Two: The Birth of Aphrodite- a new analysis of a historical event
Paul’s Journey to Atlantis Part Two: The Birth of Aphrodite- a new analysis of a historical event. © Nicholas Costa 2024 Extant documents provide no date for the birth of Aphrodite, but to the Greeks she was considered to be the oldest of the 12 Olympian gods older even than Zeus. For them she was…
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St Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Part One: In search of Aphrodite
St Paul’s Journey to Atlantis -Part One. The Birth of Aphrodite © Nicholas Costa 2024 The Millennial Mission Nobody seems to have noticed the significance of the locations in St Paul’s missionary journey other than to note that there were Jewish communities in those locations. Paul was evidently on a millennial mission in his promotion…