Odysseus was the mythical king of
Ithaca from roughly the Eighth Century B.C. and a central player in both the Illiad and the
Odyssey. Literary experts have long taught that he never existed but was simply a fictional
superhero in the
Greek national epics. Isn't it surprising then, as
archaeologists dig ever deeper into the past, that a royal palace has been excavated on the island of Ithaca, in the
Ionian Sea, just where Homer said it would be and the remains date to....the Eighth Century B.C. There is a facinating story on all this just published in the Telegraph in the U.K. by Nick Squires. (Why do all of my best links come from the U.K.?). The link follows below. As I remind my readers, the world as we know it was built from and is supported by past civilizations. Easily 95% of the knowledge related to ancient civilizations has been lost. But we can use information fragments, such as the work being done by the archaeologists from the
University of Ioannina, to expand our imaginations and dream of what came before us. In my new book from
Amazon.com, Gettysburg Passage, people find an artifact from a past civilization, as luck would have it, under some bushes not far from the
White House. It is an ancient royal mace, or perhaps a cheesy copy. But the artifact reveals a world they had no idea was possible and tests their smug assumptions about what matters. They are quickly confronted with a need to take action -- or possibly perish. Why not download the book and find out what happens?
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