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At the Straits of Gibraltar lies ancient Cadiz, home of the Giant Geryon whose island was later adopted by the Atlantic Phoenicians. The history of Corsica and Sardinia likewise says that their great astronomical, religious towers called Nuragica were built by African sea kings. It seems incredible that all these countries report African Giants who not only were the earliest inhabitants of these many countries, but that they were also the builders of their most magnificent megalithic structures.

For the first time these different sources from diverse countries are analyzed and compared. The picture that emerges is of an ancient cultural context along the Atlantic coastlands of Europe and Africa.

Myth and history combine to present a tapestry that seems to underline the truth of the Atlantis legend. One of the ancient maps that must have been copied over and over again during a long decline in global navigation -actually shows a beautiful bay full of islands and peninsulas near the forests of Old Marmora in the Province of Fez above Morocco. We feel that the

gods of the Greeks and Egyptians were born on this bay. Earthquakes and tsunami utterly eradicated this colony of Atlantis -possibly about 9,000BC, as the Egyptian priests told Solon. The destruction of this major colony of Atlantis on the Old Bay of Marmora rekindled the much older memories of a great island located upon the far reaches of the Atlantic. These most ancient recollections were appended to the more recent natural disaster at the colony at Marmora in Fez and Morocco.

A cyclical flow of culture around the world emulates the cyclical actions of astronomy, the laws of nature and the universe.

This viewpoint opens up our understanding of a relationship between history, myth, and astronomy.

Amazingly, a cyclical flow of culture precisely decodes the sequence of the Greek-Egyptian 'Generations of the Gods'.

Finally, myth, astronomy, and history are brought together to allow us to penetrate the ancient worldview.

Myth and the Cosmic Cycles available soon

Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus of Sicily was an outstanding compiler of ancient histories written by noted authors that came before him. Both he and Herodotus have been abused by academia because of their faithful acceptance and uncritical retelling of those reports. In the world of forensic science this would qualify Diodorus as the most excellent historian, who has not twisted, disturbed, or commented upon the evidence that he has viewed. Much of Diodorus’ material was drawn directly from Dionysius of Mitylene, nicknamed Skytobrachion (“of the leathern arm”), who flourished in the city of Alexandria in the second century BC; and doubtless availed of the unique sources of the great library. This careful transportation of ancient material from a library that was burned down and no longer exists should qualify Diodorus Siculus for some manner of distinguished service award –yet he remains disparaged for his gullibility.

Siculus (III.56) begins the history of Skytobrachion by making a very telling statement in saying that the accounts of the Greeks concur with those of the Atlantians. But Greek accounts could only resemble those of the Atlantians if the Greeks or their rulers originally came from the Atlantians. There could be no other possible reason for them to possess matching traditions:

But since we have made mention of the Atlantians, we believe that it will not be inappropriate in this place to recount what their myths relate about the genesis of the gods, in view of the fact that it does not differ greatly from the myths of the Greeks. Now the Atlantians, dwelling as they do in the regions on the edge of the ocean and inhabiting a fertile territory, are reputed far to excel their neighbors in reverence toward the gods and the humanity they showed in their dealings with strangers, and the gods, they say, were born among them. And their account, they maintain, is in agreement with that of the most renowned of the Greek poets when he represents Hera as saying:
For I go to see the ends of the bountiful earth, the realm of Oceanus and mother Tethys, source of the gods.

Siculus continues the account of Skytobrachion saying that Uranus was their first king, and he subdued the west and regions to the north while he gathered the people into walled cities and taught them laws and to cultivate, conserve and store fruits. Uranus was an astronomer and cosmologer who introduced the calendar based upon the movements of the Sun and Moon. He also foretold many things which would take place throughout the world. The people marveled at his predictions and his knowledge of the stars, and thought that he partook of the intelligence of the gods; and they used his name as their appellation of the heavens.

One of the wives of Uranus was Titaea, mother of the Titians, who was later called Ge. Other children of Uranus were Pandora and Basileia, later called the ‘Great Mother’. Basileia united with Hyperion and they had two children called Helius and Selene, who was also called Mene. Helius was slain by the Titians. At this event Basiliea went mad and toured the world in disheveled frenzy. The Phrygians and Lydians also honor Basiliea under the name of Cybele. She and Marsyas journeyed to Dionysus in the city of Nysa where they found Apollo singing and playing the lyre. King Midas of Phrygia greatly honored Basileia-Cybele, called ‘Great Mother’ with statues accompanied by panthers and lions because it was said that she had been nursed by these animals. These are the stories shared by both the Phrygians and Atlantians.

[Again, it may be seen that Atlantic traditions (also Perseus & Argonauts) were carried to Asia Minor after the great earthquakes shook the seaboard to pieces and destroyed the ancient Island of Triton in the Bay of Marmora on the Atlantic.]

Siculus again takes up the account of the Atlantians saying that after the death of Hyperion, the kingdom of Uranus was taken up by the brothers, Atlas and Cronus. The ancient territory of the Atlantians was taken up by Atlas the most renowned astrologer who first published the doctrine of the sphere, and who has ever after been portrayed with the sphere of the heavens supported on his shoulders. Atlas’ son, Hesperus, was also an astronomer who observed the stars from the top of Mount Atlas. Atlas’ seven daughters were called the Atlantides. “These daughters lay with the most renowned heroes and gods and thus became the first ancestors of the larger part of the race of human beings, giving birth to those who, because of their high achievements, came to be called gods and heroes…founders of nations and in other cases of cities…consequently…the great majority of the most ancient heroes trace their descent back to the Atlantides.”

[Here again is the most definite history about the transfer of legends and people from the Atlantic regions into the Mediterranean]

Siculus continues to say that Cronus, the brother of Atlas, married Rhea with whom he begat Zeus (Jupiter), the god of Olympus. It should be noted that there had been a previous Zeus who was a brother to Uranus who was king of Crete and father of the Curetes. As Atlas ruled over the regions of Fez and Morocco, his brother Cronus was the king of Italy, Sicily, and Libya. Cronus and the Titians later attacked Zeus who overcame his father in battle. Afterward Zeus visited and conquered the whole world conferring benefactions upon humanity. Thus ends the accounts that Siculus retold from Skytobrachion. Accounts which we are assured match the corpus of Greek traditions. These accounts confirm the histories of Atlantis which the Egyptians told to Solon which were transcribed by the philosopher Plato. Anyone who has read these reports in detail must be convinced of their compelling veracity and concordance with the accounts from other nations. And one could only wonder at those who will not believe and support these traditions.

The mythical Atlantis and all of its colonies did not disappear in one night. The colonial empire of Atlantis existed over a very long period of time. Careful reading of classical literature presents at true picture of life before Egypt, Greece, and the Middle East.

Myth and astrology are necessary components to understanding ancient history and science. Knowledge is immense power. And ancient people encoded precious information into the allegory of myth and astrological lore. Indeed, a large part of the corpus of classical writing is on the subject of myth and astrology.

Egyptians and Greeks acknowledge that their gods, ancestors, science, and culture came from a place in the Far West and on the shores of the great ocean outside the Straits of Gibraltar. The Annals of Ireland also report that their original inhabitants were exceptional navigators and builders who came from the coasts of Africa. British historians recall that the great stones of Stonehenge were brought by Giants from Africa. The history of Sardinia tells that their multitudes of great astronomical towers were built by their earliest inhabitants from North Africa.

The greatest astronomer of all times, Atlas -who holds the celestial globe upon his shoulders, lived in Fez and Morocco on the tide lands of the ocean named after him, and made his observations on the mountains that were named after him in honor of his glorious achievements. The Pleiades / Hesperides who guard the Golden Apples became the matriarchs of most of the noble families of the Mediterranean. The Greek myths report that Hercules traveled to retrieve the Golden Apples, and to learn cosmology from Atlas who allowed him to hold the heavenly sphere.

On an extraordinary placid ocean, Julius Caesar defeated the most powerful fleet of deep-ocean vessels of the Atlantic Veneti of Brittany near Vannes and Carnac, the megalithic site of the greatest stone alignments in the world. Traditions and stone-carving of the area strongly mirror megalithic Newgrange in Ireland.

The philosopher Plato relates that Solon of Athens brought the tradition of an advanced culture outside the Straits called Atlantis from the priests of Egypt. Didorus Sicilus tells that colonies of Altantis existed in the regions of Fez and Morocco where Atlas once lived.

The above information suggests that a number of sources have identified a major cultural context out on the Atlantic prior to the rise of Greece, Egypt, and the Near East.

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The question should be asked; Why is this amazing and documented history not recognized nor publicized?

 A  worldview of the cyclical flow of culture around the globe seems to be suggested by the above evidence.

 Knowledge is power -and an accurate worldview is indispensable.

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