zircon
27-05-2007, 03:50 PM
The phoenicians (with thanks to the American-Lebanese Association website http://www.laa.org/tours/phoenicians.htm) "established great cities at Beirut, Byblos, Tyre, Sidon, and Baalbek; Ancient Phoenicia also produced the rare purple dye that came from a special snail. Purple became the color or royalty.The Phoenicians were an enigmatic people, who left little in the way of written records. Much of what we know of them from ancient times was recorded by Greek and Roman historians who mentioned their seamanship and shrewd business dealings. It was Napoleon III who put modern historians in touch with the Phoenicians.Their major cultural contribution was their alphabet. It consisted of 22 consonants, and was the foundation of our English alphabet, and it was the core for Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac script. Phoenician' means 'red haired'. The Phoenicians and the Carthaginians expanded all across North Africa and western Europe. They pushed past the Straits of Gibraltar and founded the city of Gades (present day Cadiz) in Spain. While active in Spain, these Phoenician/Carthaginian descendants are called 'Celtiberians' by archaeologists. Later, some sailed away from Spain and colonized the British Isles, where they are simply called 'Celts' by archaeologists. Mention of both the "gens Hiernorum and the insula Albionum" [Britain] suggest that Himilco [c. 425 BC] did not stop at Brittany, but passed on across the channel, and in effect led the way for Carthage to take part in the Cornish tin trade, which we may assume was already being exploited by Mediterranean traders via the overland route and a number of Iron Age finds in Cornwall indicates Iberian contacts..."
The word Phoenician is probebly linked to the word "Venice" and Venetian, and the word Phoenix. The Mediterrean financial and trading empire moved from the Eastern Med to the Northern Med and thenafter to Northern europe and finally London, which became the base for this group. The primary god was El, protector of the universe, but often called Baal. El is connected with Aelf or Elf, and the word Alba or white, linked to Albion. Not to mention other geographical and other links to America.
According to Stephen Oppenheimer, the inhabitants of the B.Isles were and are most closely linked to the Basques in the DNA (The basques have an unusual and rare blood-type as you may know) and who themselves linguistically are linked (in place-name and other spelling similarities) to ancient sumeria and phoenicia. Given that all the western regions of Europe have myths about settlement from the west and by sea, after the deluge, and (for me) the fascinating idea that Britain was visited by traders from the eastern Med, - the recent discovery of ancient copper mines in Wales, the likely fact that the bronze and iron age settlements in England included huge white chalk-covered cities and pyramid mounds - and that the Caesars were determined to eradicate the Druidic culture (and not forgetting the suggection that Joseph of Arimathea and (mother) Mary took refuge in the so-called fortunate isles, actually backed up by a comment by st.Augustine I believe), this new pointer towards a very old genetic link to the eastern Med, the Balkans, and also Finland, is very important. By this argument the ancient control of the british isles by powerful forces ahd been lost and the people had to be brought back under control. Francis Prior is of course well-known also for his view that pre-Roman Britain was advanced as an agrarian society (as much as the tigris/euphates area).
There is thus a link to the deliberate control of commerce and systems of power by these people, that stretches far back. Possibly the chalk iron age forts in Southern England and the great circles and white-clad mounds and chalk figures were perhaps part of this cult, or of an independent idea thatt grew up to resist control.
The Phoenix, the firebird that comes from Paradise, lives five hundred years then rise from the ashes to live another five hundred years. For thousands of years, the land that carried the mountains of Lebanon and hugged the Mediterranean Sea was restless and those who inhabited the very first civilized cities suffered numerous invasions destroying their cities time and again. However, like the Phoenix, the survivors always rose from the ruins; through history, the Phoenix could not live its full lifespan, yet it never failed to rise from its ashes...
Thus the farming aspect, ie using humankind to prolong the eternal rise and supremacy of this dark and secret force, is I think possible to prove.
Any comments?
The word Phoenician is probebly linked to the word "Venice" and Venetian, and the word Phoenix. The Mediterrean financial and trading empire moved from the Eastern Med to the Northern Med and thenafter to Northern europe and finally London, which became the base for this group. The primary god was El, protector of the universe, but often called Baal. El is connected with Aelf or Elf, and the word Alba or white, linked to Albion. Not to mention other geographical and other links to America.
According to Stephen Oppenheimer, the inhabitants of the B.Isles were and are most closely linked to the Basques in the DNA (The basques have an unusual and rare blood-type as you may know) and who themselves linguistically are linked (in place-name and other spelling similarities) to ancient sumeria and phoenicia. Given that all the western regions of Europe have myths about settlement from the west and by sea, after the deluge, and (for me) the fascinating idea that Britain was visited by traders from the eastern Med, - the recent discovery of ancient copper mines in Wales, the likely fact that the bronze and iron age settlements in England included huge white chalk-covered cities and pyramid mounds - and that the Caesars were determined to eradicate the Druidic culture (and not forgetting the suggection that Joseph of Arimathea and (mother) Mary took refuge in the so-called fortunate isles, actually backed up by a comment by st.Augustine I believe), this new pointer towards a very old genetic link to the eastern Med, the Balkans, and also Finland, is very important. By this argument the ancient control of the british isles by powerful forces ahd been lost and the people had to be brought back under control. Francis Prior is of course well-known also for his view that pre-Roman Britain was advanced as an agrarian society (as much as the tigris/euphates area).
There is thus a link to the deliberate control of commerce and systems of power by these people, that stretches far back. Possibly the chalk iron age forts in Southern England and the great circles and white-clad mounds and chalk figures were perhaps part of this cult, or of an independent idea thatt grew up to resist control.
The Phoenix, the firebird that comes from Paradise, lives five hundred years then rise from the ashes to live another five hundred years. For thousands of years, the land that carried the mountains of Lebanon and hugged the Mediterranean Sea was restless and those who inhabited the very first civilized cities suffered numerous invasions destroying their cities time and again. However, like the Phoenix, the survivors always rose from the ruins; through history, the Phoenix could not live its full lifespan, yet it never failed to rise from its ashes...
Thus the farming aspect, ie using humankind to prolong the eternal rise and supremacy of this dark and secret force, is I think possible to prove.
Any comments?