Tag: history
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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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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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Finding the true identity of the Amazons (part one)
Image: Cartwright, Mark. “Warrior & Amazon.” “Vaginas have received you, and you know of nothing else!” Finding the the true identity of the Amazons © Nicholas Costa 2024 Feminist Amazons? In the conclusion to her essay in the Feminist Theology magazine Olga Papamichali writes: “The independent and radical nature of the Amazon spirit changed the…
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Atlantis and the Sibylline Oracles (part two- Eridanus)
Atlantis, the Sibylline Oracle, and Eridanus © Nicholas Costa 2024 The text refers to Eridanus. Eridanus wasn’t a city, or a person, it is a reference to a constellation: “And then, when they shall have bewailed their land reduced to ashes, by Eridanus.” Eridanus significantly appears in the myth of Phaeton (the shining one) who…