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In the news before, having been discovered about 25yrs ago. Still, EPIC: https://news.yahoo.com/magnificent-ancient-mosaic-found-near-111754215.html Of the ships, Wiki says: The ships are of the navis oneraria type, Roman merchant ships typically displacing 80-150 tons, used to carry such commoditie...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Stroumsa here. See GEDALIAHU A. G. STROUMSA (Guy Stroumsa): Another Seed: Studies in Gnostic Mythology [1984]. https://www.academia.edu/9114426/Guy_G_Stroumsa_Another_Seed_Studies_in_Gnostic_Mythology_Leiden_Brill_1984_ https://epdf.pub/another-seed-studies-in-gnos...

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Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough's By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism [1935] LINK.

Where current events are certainly driven by a fantastical/farcical history re-imagined, you need only read what the Dictator himself has said. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands Vladimir Putin has compared hims...

Contra Eduard Norden: https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C92637%2Cpolish-researcher-solves-mystery-anonymous-god-palmyra.html According to Kubiak-Schneider, the addressees were multiple deities who deserved the eternal hymn of thanksgiving. According to her, the name 'Merciful' refers to i...

"Proposed historical dates" are not certain if they are "proposed." However, where multiple persons and events fall into place as probable dating allows, the 'Argument Against' becomes more and more like "The Moon Landing was faked, Because..." And that's delusional thi...

I like to see historical dates, because I believe things happen within timeframes and THAT FACT can sometimes help sort out contemporary ideological debates. Of course, there may be errors in these specific dates - it's just a start. Novatian (c. 200–258 AD),as a North African come to Rome, writing ...

Actually, Irenaeus doesn't say 'Mark the Magician' is from Egypt; Markos is identified as a) Egyptian and b) a follower of Basilides by St. Jerome. Adolf Hilgenfeld, Die Ketzergeschichte des Urchristenthums... [1884],p.369 2, The Valentinian Marcus. As the second main representative of Valentinianis...

In Lajos Blau, Das altjüdische Zauberwesen [1898] p.42 ... Both even give the date when it was brought from Egypt. We need only recall that Gnostic Markos was also an Egyptian and Magician. Please unpack this, thx. The date [1898] means it cannot be the 'Secret Gospel of Mark' .. I'll translate the ...