The Enigma of the Antipodes

 About three weeks ago, I uploaded a new version of my article "The Enigma of the Antipodes" for Discussions on academia.edu. This is the concluding chapter of Unit II of my manuscript, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East". You may view this extract 

https://www.academia.edu/40346434/The_Enigma_of_the_Antipodes

as well as enjoy reading the rest of my 20 something papers that represent the three projects. 

The paper explores a strand of medieval geography concerning the Antipodes, the legendary fourth continent of the European Middle Ages. It plunges the readers into a scholastic debate, presenting opposite sides. The arguments become intense and controversial on the eve of the Age of Exploration. This is a famous mappamundi featuring the Sciapod, a fantastic one-legged creature living and breathing in the Antipodes. 

 

Burgo de Osma Mappamundi

Courtesy: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mappa_mundi_of_Burgo_de_Osma_Beatus#/media/File:Beato_de_Liebana_Burgo_de_Osma_1086.jpg 

The discussion is going to end very soon and I am up to upload the next extract of my second project, which is the starting chapter of Unit III: Unveiling the Alien. I will add some details about this paper after I complete the revision. 

I got in touch with a group of scientists who encourage people to deliver lectures on zoom. They are going to start a history club and I will give a lecture on Sumerian civilization next Monday at 18:30 Jerusalem time to a Russian-speaking audience. 

I continue to read papers on ancient Canaan in an attempt to identify the origin of the early Hebrews. One of them is Tommy Beyl's dissertation, "Phoenicia: Identity and Geopolitics in the Iron I-II A period: An examination of the textual, archaeological, and Biblical Evidence". 

 

Textual, Archaeological, and Biblical Evidence