#melqart — Public Fediverse posts

Time to pay #English #bus fare with #Phoenecian #Cádiz #coin featuring #Melqart and #bluefin #tuna
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-000-year-old-phoenician-coin-was-used-as-bus-fare-in-england-but-how-it-got-there-will-always-be-a-mystery #archaeology #numismatics

Su culto llegó a los confines del mundo y Julio César lloró en su templo. Muy presente pero a la vez desconocido. #hercules #heracles #melkart #melqart #mitologia #mythology #fenicia #phoenicia

https://resolviendolaincognita.blogspot.com/2024/09/melqart-merlkart-hercules-fenicio-tiro.html

Tien jaar geleden schreef ik een blogje over de Fenicische godheid #Melqart die door de Grieken werd gelijkgesteld aan hun #Herakles.

https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2013/11/28/melqart/

In #Cadíz zag ik enkele mooie beeldjes van de Fenicische god #Melqart, wiens tempel onlangs is ontdekt.

https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2023/08/14/melqart-in-meervoud/

The remains of the Crusader sea castle at Sidon in Lebanon. It was built in 1228 AD as part of a series of Crusader fortifications.
The island on which it was built had previously been the location of a temple dedicated to Melqart, the Phoenician god conflated with Hercules.
#Crusades #Lebanon #histodons #Hercules #Phoenicians #Melqart