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Mystery of the Ancient Sea People
A significant chapter of history is missing from our
modern worldview. It is not just the unanswered question of Atlantis, but of
countless unrecognized and unaccounted societies of ancient merchant-navigators
who conducted far reaching trade upon the boundless, thundering ocean. Among
these under-appreciated sailors are the Veneti of Brittany and all their
associated groups such as the Morini and Gwends on the Baltic as far as
Lithuania, and territories taken over by the later Normand-Vikings. The earliest
inhabitants of Ireland were the Fir-Morocchi (Morocco) and the Fir-Mor
(Brittany), and later the Fir-Bolg (Belgian), and the Tautha de Dannan (Danes).
Other naval folk of great antiquity were of course the Phoenicians of the Old
Bay of Marmora in Morocco; and the Phoenicians of the Island of Gades (Cadiz) in
Spain. In the Mediterranean proper were the nautical Greeks like the Athenians,
Corinthians, Nauplion, Crete, Trojans, and the island Greeks; as well as the
Corsicans, Sardinians, Maltese, and the later Phoenicians of Canaan, Carthago,
and New Cartago. Sailors know how to build ships and move heavy cargo by cranes,
and sail by the stars. A full fledged sailor is of himself a highly dexterous,
intelligent, and a calculating and creature being -high above most people's
mundane accomplishments.
The total collapse of the Roman Empire in about 500 AD
led to the Dark Ages in Europe and the Mediterranean. The real mystery of the ancient sea people is that their
history was covered with the several skeins of the amazing renaissance in Europe,
the re-discovery of the Americas and the globe, the revolt against church
authority by Luther in 1517, the iconoclasts and book-burnings in the Low
countries in 1521-22, and the invasion of Europe by the Ottoman Empire who
were at the gates of Vienna in 1532. The incredible wealth generated by
the ballooning of mercantilism and commerce of the 1500's totally overshadowed
the ship-building heritage of the ancient nautical empire that had existed right beneath the foundations of
Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Denmark, Brittany, Normandy, and the
amazing Low Countries from Lithuania to the Rhine.
Take for example the story of the Golden Age of Antwerp
in Brabant in the 15th and 16th centuries. Antwerp was one of the strongest
cities in the world in fortifications, wealth, and commerce. The height of the
white marble of St. Mary's (OLV) cathedral was only challenged by the
magnificence of the Bourse, the world-class financial exchange and banking
center, built in the heart of the city. Antwerp boasted an ultra modern port and
quays which were serviced by the Crane Operator's Guild handling upwards of
2,500 ships per annum trading around the world. As well, the city was a depot
for silver and copper from Southern Germany important to the Spanish and
Portuguese traders in slaves and spices from Africa and the Orient. Antwerp was
also renowned for its English cloth finishing industry, the diamond exchange,
and especially printing. The cosmopolitan liberality permitted the publication
of the works of Luther and Tyndale's translation of the first six books of the
Old Teastament. Most important of all was that Antwerp was the city of Abram
Ortel (Ortelius), the creator of the world's first Atlas of Maps which opened
the mind and worldview of the intelligentsia, nobility, and the ordinary
inquisitive and scholarly mind.
The Ancient Sea Kings, the Veneti of Brittany
In Mediterranean history there appear many instances of
advanced astronomy, science and building technology which are difficult to
account for. These have sometimes been placed into a category named "Ancient Sea
People" applied to all "mysterious groups" of navigators who do not conveniently
fit into the current worldview of history. Even the Philistines of Palestine are
relegated into this group.
One could make a long story out of this or simply refer
to Egyptian tomb and papyrus art which depicts astronomical scenes in which gods
and the heavenly bodies travel in boats across the sky. Sea People would of
course prefer ships to chariots.
The story of Atlantis, the Tartessians of Gadiera (Cadiz)
in Spain, the Tyrrhenians of Italy, the Venetians,
the renown of the Phoenicians and their colonies in Morocco, Marseilles,
New Carthage, Old Cartago; and even the relationship of King Solomon and King
Hiram of Canaan attest to the advanced sea culture present in the Mediterranean.
The extraordinary Annals of Ireland recall that the early
inhabitants of their island were Firmorocchi, "The men from Morocco" (Fir-Marocchi).
They were described as able navigators and administrators who had superior
knowledge of astronomy and the stars. The Patriarchs of the Firmorocchi appear
in the subsequent genealogies of all the subsequent invaders of Erin until these
records were deemed illegal after 79 AD.
One of the great omissions and subterfuges of modern
education and science is the pretense that no one really knew where these
ancient sea people came from, and that their astronomical science could not be
proved. They were in fact utterly eradicated by Julius Caesar who recorded their
prowess on the ocean and their magnificent heavy oak planked vessels with their
leather hides for Atlantic storms. The Veneti constructed one of the largest
astronomical observatories in the world in Brittany near Vannes at Carnac on the
Bay of Moribund (shown above) which boasts the largest assemblages of standing stones at one
single site in the entire world. This site also has a passage grave monument
with almost identical spirals and ornamentation to that of Newgrange in Ireland
which is regarded as the oldest site on the planet at this moment. The region of
the Veneti was regarded as the seat and homeland of Druidical practices and
superstitions.
There is much dispute about the origins of the Veneti.
Strabo outright says that these Veneti founded Venice in Italy on the marshes of
the River Po. The Veneti also called themselves Gwends; and the British Geoffrey
of Monmouth in his "Life of Merlin" mentions Guendoloena as Merlin's wife, and
Gwenddydd as Merlin's sister. Brittany or Bretagne as the name implies has
always had a close connection and trade with the islands of Ireland (see the
myth of the seven saints) and Britain. Another old name for Brittany was Ar Mor,
"on the sea" and also Armorica. The Veneti had relations with the people of
Poitou, the Pictones of lower Normandy. The Veneti also had concourse with the
Rhydderch of Rotterdam who were likewise famous for their deep-sea vessels which
emerged again in history as the ships of the Hanseatic League. During the war
with Caesar the Veneti were assisted by the Morini and the Picardie from the
Netherlands. The name Roderick (like Rhydderch) appears in the history of
Ireland which also tells of invasions from the regions of Denmark.
The name "Wend" (Gwend) also appears among the cities of
Lubeck, Danzig, and other cities of the Hanseatic League founded in 1159 and
flourishing in 1358. The Hanseatic League was a confederation of trading cities
and merchant leagues around Denmark from the coasts of Lithuania to the River
Rhine, and Bruges and Cologne. The League had free-trade arrangements with great
cities such as London and Novgorod; and maintained prominent and secured trading
posts called "Kontors" in most of their trading centers from Russia, Poland,
Sweden, and the Baltic to as far afield as Naples. The maps to the left show the
wonderful layout of protected rivers, bays, islands, and peninsula that nature
provided to Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and southern Sweden -the
traditional home of Viking and pirate navigators that sailed the deep oceans of
the globe to the depths of the Mediterranean and Black Sea; and to Greenland,
Iceland, and North and South America. The accounts of a blond Kukulcan and
Quetzalcoatl affirm this connection. The most ancient annals of the Invasions of
Ireland confirm the sequence of conquerors from the dawn of time: the Fir-Morocchi
(the men from Morocco), then the Fir-Bolg (the Belgians), then the Tautha de
Danaan (the Danes), and finally the Gadelians from the Bay of Biscay in northern
Spain.
The Hanseatic League was a renowned center for ship
building and they used the design and construction of the ancient Veniti
galleons form thousands of years in the past because of their high technology
and suitability for Atlantic navigation. It was from this region that the Veneti
obtained allies against Julius Caesar, among people who shared their name "Gwend".
Later on, the most famous reproductions of ancient advanced sea charts came from
this region from the famous studios of Abraham Ortelius and others. An entire
context of "ancient sea peoples and kings" over many thousands of years has been
hidden under the skin of the modern history of these people continuing to be
engaged in sea trade, ship building, and map-making.
The Veneti
Julius Caesar writes in The Gallic War
(iii.7-18) "These Veneti exercise by far the most extensive authority over all
the sea-coast in those districts, for they have numerous ships, in which it is
their custom to sail to Britain, and they excel the rest in the theory and
practice of navigation...The positions of the strongholds were generally of one
kind. They were set at the ends of tongues and promontories, so as to allow no
approach on foot, when the tide had rushed in from the sea...our own ships were
detained by foul weather...on a vast and open sea, with strong tides and
few...harbors...the ships of the Gauls...Their keels were considerably more flat
than those of our ships, that they might more easily weather shoals and
ebb-tide. Their prows were very lofty, and their sterns were similarly adapted
to meet the force of waves and storms. The ships were made entirely of oak, to
endure any violence and buffeting. The cross-pieces were beams a foot thick,
fastened with iron nails as thick as a thumb. The anchors were attached by iron
chains instead of cables. Skins and pieces of leather finely finished were used
instead of sails...because they thought that the mighty ocean storms and
hurricanes could not be ridden out, nor the mighty burden of their ships
conveniently controlled, by means of sails. When our fleet encountered these
ships it proved its superiority only in speed and oarsmanship; in all other
respects, having regard to the locality and the force of the tempests, the
others were more suitable and adaptable. For our ships could not damage them
with the ram (they were so stoutly built), nor, by reason of their height, was
it easy to hurl a pike, and for the same reason they were less readily gripped
by grapnels, Moreover, when the wind began to rage and they ran before it, they
endured the storm more easily, and rested in shoals more safely, with no fear of
rocks or crags if left by the tide; whereas our own vessels could not but dread
the possibility of all these chances."
Caesar goes on to describe the battle of the Veneti (56
BC) who arrived with 220 ships. On that particular day an unseasonal calm
descended upon the fearsome Atlantic transforming it into a sea of glass without
a puff of wind. Caesar writes, "When suddenly a calm so complete and absolute
came on that they could not stir from the spot. This circumstance was in the
highest degree fortunate...for our troops pursued and boarded the vessels one by
one." Caesar therefore put all their Senate to the sword, and sold the rest as
slaves.
Er Grah, the Great Menhir and main foresight of the entire astronomical complex
of Carnac and the Bay of Quiberon in Brittany stood 66.6 feet tall (n.b. The
Washington Memorial stands 6,666 inches tall). This was the
home base of the deep-ocean seafarers, the Veneti, whom Julius Caesar utterly
decimated. As far as I know there are no academics or scholars who have made the
obvious connection between the amazing deep-ocean, oak-built, iron-bound,
great-ocean vessels of the Veneti and the world-class astronomical site of
Carnac and the Bay of Quiberon where its technology would have assisted
navigation, weather forecast, and the creation of accurate sea charts and
ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and planets.
On going studies have shown that the alphabet and script of the Veneti [Venicchi
- Phoenicchi - Phoenician?] is similar to the script of the Etruscians. The
Etruscians use the Chimaera as their totem animal -a composite animal from the
ancient Atlantic culture of the many-formed Echidna, who joined with Typhon to
create monsters.
The Ancient Atlantic Prime Meridian
Marinus of Tyre nor the Alexandrian geographers Eratosthenes and Ptolemy
never tampered or changed the Ancient Atlantic Prime Meridian which goes through
the Island of Madeira or the Canary Islands. The trade winds and currents off of
the Cape Verde Islands lead directly to the Caribbean which suited the African
slave trade. Some ancient maps call these the islands of the Gorgon Amazons.
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