by Carl Cupper
[35] Ancestral name of Excalibur that, according to Thomas Malory, means sharp steel. (Doctors note).
[36] Silbury Hill (Doctors note).
[37] Greek word pronounced as ICHTHUS (Doctors note).
[38] Celtic cross or Triskel, whose symbol isW. It represents the trinity of Gods formed by Toutatis, Esus and Taranis. For the Christians, it means the predominance of the faith in Jesus Christ over the adoration of the sun (Doctors note).
[39] Along with the evangelization of the Celtic people, the monks introduced the Latin alphabet, little by little, that gave origin to the first Celtic written language, called Gaelic (Doctors note).
[40] Celtic jester that orally transmitted the history and accomplishments of the Celts (Doctors note).
[41] Judah or Judea. Palestine region of present day Israel (Doctors note).
[42] Ancient name of the city of London, founded by the Romans in the year 50AD. (Doctors note).
[43] According to legend, in 619 A.D. Saint Mellitus saved Canterbury from the divine fire thanks to his prayers (Doctors note).
[44] Hayex is probably referring to the use of gunpowder in fireworks in China, between 605 and 614 A.D. (Doctors note).
[45] Gaul of the long hair. The name given by the Romans to the Celts that mixed with the original inhabitants in the territory located between the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Rhine, and the Atlantic Ocean, giving rise to a new people: the Gaels (Doctors note).
[46] At the fall of the Roman Empire, the Barbarian people burst violently into Gaul: Francs, Goths, Suevis, Saxons, and Germanic tribes (Doctors note).
[47] Named by the Swiss as Lake Geneva (Doctors note).
[48] Scandinavian people from the island of Bornholm, in the Baltic Sea, they invaded Galicia in 406 B.C. They helped the Romans in the V Century, establishing a powerful kingdom near Lake Geneva (Doctors note).
[49] King of Neustria that took control of Austrasia and Burgundy, in 613 A.D. In the following year, he founded the capital of the empire in Paris (Doctors note).
[50] The Aeneid of Virgil, Book VII (Doctors note).
[51] Latin hero of the Trojan War, cousin of Hector and Paris, immortalized by “The Aeneid” of Virgil (Doctors note).
[52] According to Homer, Ulysses (Odysseus) reigned on the Island of Ithaka (Ithaki) when he left to war against Troy. After ten years of nomadic sailing, he was reunited again with his wife Penelope (Doctors note).
[53]Delphi. Located on a slope of MountParnassus, 6 miles from the Gulf of Corinth, between continental Greece and the Peloponnesus (Doctors note).
[54] The Dionysus Theatre (Doctors note).
[55] The Navel of the World. The place where two eagles meted sent by Zeus from the extremes of the world (Doctors note).
[56] Subterranean area where a pythoness made predictions (Doctors note).
[57] The Eternal Flame. (Doctors note).
[58] Name of the part of the aqueduct that transported water to the village of Kastri, constructed by the Romans around 385 B.C. The pythoness bathed in its waters before prophesizing (Doctors note).
[59] Uranus, Cronos’ father, announced that one of his children (Zeus) would overthrow his rule. To protect his kingdom, Cronos devoured all the children he engendered, just as time does with us (Doctors note).
[60] Before dividing the Empire between his children Arcadius and Honorius, Theodosius the First ordered the temple to be set on fire along with other pagan temples in 385 A.D., with the purpose of imposing Christianity (Doctors note).
[61] In the beginning, Delphi was devoted to Gaia, Goddess of the Earth. An earthquake destroyed the sanctuary in 548 B.C. (Doctors note).
[62] Apocalypse (Doctors note).
[63] The Colossus of Rhodes. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world. A statue 96 feet high that celebrated the deity Apollo. Erected by Chares the sculptor in 290 B.C. An earthquake destroyed it in 223 BC. (Doctors note).
[64]Cyprus. Cuprum, in Latin, which means copper (Doctors note).
[65]Saint Paul (Doctors note).
[66] It was not until 688 A.C. that Justinian II, emperor of the East, signed a treaty with the Caliph Abd-al-Malik, but in 695 A.C., Leontius, overthrew Justinian. However, the treaty lasted almost 300 years before Nicephorus Phocas expelled the Turks in 965 A.C. (Doctors note).
[67] According to a legend, Joseph of Arimathea founded the first Christian church in the first century A.C., in Glastonbury, where it was built one of the most important abbeys in all of England up to the Tenth Century A.C. (Doctors note).
[68] Archaeological region that marks early Celtic civilization, developed between the V and the I Centuries B.C., later to the developed in Austria, in the region of Hallstatt (Doctors note).
[69]Stonehenge (Doctors note).
[70] Monumental horse 120 yards long and 44 wide. It was drawn scraping the surface of the ground leaving the chalk earth in the area uncovered. According to archaeological calculations, this figure dates back 2000 years (Doctors note).
[71] Currency made of silver, coined by the Romans (Doctors note).
[72] Named by the Egyptians as Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure (Doctors note).
[73] Stone that dates to the time of Chephren, in the Fourth Dynasty, around 3100 B.C. (Doctors note).
[74] The lighthouse of Alexandria. A tower 360 feet tall, located on the Island of Pharos, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus in 285 B.C. falling to its destruction in 1302 A.C. (Doctors note).
[75] Himself named Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, Hellenistic Emperor of the Greeks in Corinth. He conquered Greece and defeated the Persians under the reign of Dario III. He left Greek culture in Asia and Africa as a legacy. At his death, (323 B.C.) his empire was divided between his generals, giving rise to the Ptolemaic Dynasty up until the time of Cleopatra (Doctors note).
[76] Dumyat is another important river’s tributary, in Eastern Egypt (Doctors note).
[77] Precursor of the city of Al Fustat, founded by the Arabs. Now Cairo capital of Egypt (Doctors note).
[78] Apis, the sacred bull. Built around 1580 B.C. (Doctors note).
[79] Diverse sources indicate a variety of dimensions, which range from 117 to 220 feet long (Doctors note).
[80] A man with hawk’s head represented the God Ra, creator and councilor of the Universe, which principal symbol was a solar disc (Doctors note).
[81] Horus’ eye. God of the Sky, the Light, and Goodness. Son of Isis and Osiris and Seth’s brother. His eyes represent the sun and the moon (Doctors note).
[82]Arabia. In Arabic, it means Island of Arabs (Doctors note).
[83] Ancient name for Mecca or Makkah (Doctors note).
[84] Arab word meaning riverbed. (Doctors note).
[85] Later called, Medina or al-Madinah Rasul Allah, City of the Prophet of God. (Doctors note).
[86] Arabic tribe made up of ten of the most important clans (Doctors note).
[87] A curved blade from western Asia (Doctors note).
[88] An ancient demon of Mesopotamia as God of the wind and desert storm, he was represented by a human figure with a tail; four wings on his back, and spurs on his hands and feet (Doctors note).
[89] Ancestral name of Mecca. Named this way by Ptolemy in the II Century B.C. (Doctors note).
[90]Sudan, in Eastern Africa (Doctors note).
[91] Now the City of Al-Mawsil (Mosul) in northern Iraq (Doctors note).
[92] When Muhammad took Mecca in 630 A.C., he commanded the pagan paintings and statuettes of Kaabah to be destroyed (Doctors note).
[93]A white rock was given to Adam after his expulsion from Eden, which was reconstructed by Abraham and Ishmael. According to legend, the rock turned black after absorbing the sins of thousands of pilgrims that came to touch it throughout the centuries (Doctors note).
[94]Legend states that Hagar, Abraham’s second wife, mother of Ishmael, drank water from this sacred spring. (Doctors note).
[95] The Sacred Koran 96.1(Doctors note).
[96] Gabriel (Doctors note).
[97] Abraham’s second wife, mother of Ishmael, father of the Arab race (Doctors note).
[98] Meaning Good Fire. A purification rite marking the arrival of the good time and was celebrated on May 1. In the celebration, they would free cattle of disease by passing it over a great bonfire. In Ireland, it is commemorated in honor of the first settlers of the island (Doctors note).
[99] According to legend, only this question from a noble-hearted knight could activate the power of the Grail. (Doctors note).
[100] In this tale, Rasux seems to be referring to the misfortunate destiny of Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis XIX: 24 (Doctors note).
[101] Probably, from these words, derived The Faroe Islands and Denmark, respectively (Doctors note).
[102] Also called Khirbet Qumran. (Rock Ruins) The place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 (Doctors note).
[103] A place where 52 Coptic Gnostic papyri were found in 1945, they were dated as 4th century and included the gospel of Saint Thomas (Doctors note).
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