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British Offer to “Loan” Greece the Elgin Marbles

2022-08-02 by Phil Butler

Elgin Marbles

In a gesture of uncommon magnanimity, the British Museum has offered to loan Greece the pirated Parthenon Marbles.

Tags: ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, British Museum, Bronze Head from Ife, Elgin Marbles, Greece antiquity, Greece heirlooms, Greece legacy, Greek archaeology, Henry Christy, Jonathan Williams, Nazi archaeology, Parthenon marbles, Rosetta Stone, Waddesdon Bequest associated with the Rothschilds

On the Trail of the Eternal: The Secrets of the Minoans

2019-08-29 by Phil Butler

Crete and Zeus

The continuing saga of the magnificent tapestry of humanity woven within the secrets of the Minoans. Part of a series by Argophilia.

Tags: ancient texts, Arthur Evans, Aryan Race, British School at Athens, crete, Dr. Joseph MacGillivray, esoteric beliefs, Gaia, Gaia goddess, God quest, Homer, Ilse Schoep, Itar, Knossos, Knossos Temple, La Marle, Linear A, MacGillivray, Minoan beliefs, Minoan mantras, Minoan Mysteries, Minoan religion, Minoans, Nazi archaeology, religion, Rhea, Zakros, Zeus, Zoroaster

The Mystery of the Eteocretans – Gatekeepers of Crete’s Hidden Past

2019-08-19 by Phil Butler

Bull leaping fresco

Homer’s Odyssey tells of the hero Odysseus visiting Crete on his return home. The tale also tells of the unsolved mystery of the Eteocretans.

Tags: August Schoergendorfer, crete, Dorians, Eteocretans, Henri van Effenterre, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Hitler, Knossos, Kydones, Linear A, Major General Julius Ringe, master race, Minoan, Minoan Civilization, Minoan treasures, Minoans, Nazi archaeology, Nazi mysticism, Odysseus, Phaistos disc

The Mystery of Monastiraki: A Search for the Most Sacred

2018-02-17 by Phil Butler

King Minos

On the island of Crete many mysteries wait patiently their discovery. One place that comes to mind when I think of misunderstood Minoan Crete is the site of Monastiraki, what was probably a palace overlooking the Amari Valley, south east of Rethymno.

Tags: Akhenaten, Akhenaten: Son Of The Sun, Aravanes Tavern, Caphtor, Cretan legends, Hagia Triada, Hagia Triada sarcophagus, Hitler, Hitler's Archaeologists, Indiana Jones, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Keftiu, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Monastiraki, Moyra Caldecott, Nazi archaeology, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, parallel dimensions, Phaistos, the gods, the underworld

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