Tag: bible
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Saint Paul’s 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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Finding the true identity of the Amazons (part two)
European nations depicted as women for ignoring the threat from the east 1895 The true identity of the Amazons © Nicholas Costa 2024 PART TWO Here follows a brief tour of the prevailing ethos in the Middle East in antiquity. Sumer (Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia,…
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Atlantis in the Sibylline Oracles (part one)
Atlantis in the Sibylline Oracles © Nicholas Costa 2024 In AD 17 the region of Lydia in western Asia Minor was subjected to a huge earthquake. Pliny called it “the greatest earthquake in human memory” (Nat. Hist. 2:86 §200). Twelve cities in the region were devastated. They were Sardis, Magnesia, Temnos, Philadelphia, Aegae, Apollonis, Mostene,…