The previous articles have shown the affinity that Armoric has to Welsh, Cornish, and Irish, and the Irish language’s affinity to the Punic-Maltese that remained, as of the 18th century, which is significant given that Punic is Sicilian Phoenician. A significant location of these people and their trade routes was Motya, which the modern Italians and Sicilians call Mozia and Mozzia respectively. For those who are new to my work and don’t understand the context, Armorica is northwestern France.
According to Wiki, Motya is the latinization of the island's Greek name, variously written Motýa (Μοτύα) or Motýē (Μοτύη). The Carthaginian settlement was written in their abjad as hmṭwʾ (Punic: 𐤄𐤌𐤈𐤅𐤀) or mṭwʾ (Punic: 𐤌𐤈𐤅𐤀, possibly Motye). A similar type of fishery or ocean bath exists at Inis Mor (Aran Islands, Ireland), known as the Wormhole, which is notable because the Irish retain the same meaning in Mor as the Phoenician and Latin Maur, meaning Great, while the Welsh use Mor (mawr) in the context of the Latin Mare, meaning sea. The status quo claim the Wormhole is natural but I don’t think so. I could be wrong. My suspicions are anecdotal. However, I’m not wrong about the languages. I’ve demonstrated it in previous books and articles.
Similar masonry techniques at Motya are found at the archaeological site of Saint Blaise (Bouches du Rhône) in France. But what makes this one different? It was Etruscanized and there were Etruscan artifacts found there.
For context, Bouches du Rhône is a region suited for maritime commerce and it has plenty of ancient Italian influence.
The following maps will show the relationship between the archaeological site of Saint Blaise and Sicily, other Etrusco-Phoenician locations in Italy and her islands, and also Marseilles, an alleged Phoenician settlement. Massalia is Marseilles, which has Mars is in the name, from the Phoenician Maur, meaning Great, Prince, or Lord. No one seems to know the etymology of this location, but it might be found in Celtic because, according to Diodorus Siculus wrote (Lib. V. cap. ii.), “Those who inhabit the inland parts beyond Massylia and about the Alps, and on this side the Pyrenean mountains, are called Celtae.”
I will give my two cents on this matter in an upcoming book, but Substack is better for illustrating the locations.
There were also Etruscan artifacts found at subsequent locations, including Northern France! How was this possible? One of the routes was through Spina, which was located at the mouth of the Po River. As a brief aside, Po is another name for Buddha and a deity in China, sometimes spelled Fo, which I suspect may be cultural diffusion from Italy to Asia rather than from Asia to Italy.
The Po River Basin gives way to Switzerland and France. Po is the philological root of Phoenician in every language that the word exists in, from puni (Etruscan), pœni (Latin), feni (Irish), Veni (Venice), to Phoinike (Greek). The Greek word is interesting because it looks like the Goddess of Po (Po-Nike), who signifies victory, thus Victorious Po or the Victory of Po. Some think Nike is the daughter of Ares, which would sync Po to Ares.
Here is an excerpt from my upcoming book The Real Universal Empire, “Pottery proves diffusion but it does not establish anything beyond that on its own. There were ample amounts of Greek pottery found at Spina, dating from the 6th century BC to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Spina had a treasury at Delphi, which is thought of as Greek, but Caere, another Etruscan city-state also had a treasury at Delphi. According to Grant (The Etruscans, p. 108), Spina was predominantly Etruscan during the height of the influx of Greek material, but it did have a Greek quarter.”
The rest of the excerpt and its implications regarding Phoenicians, Etruscans, Venetians, and the French will be on the other side.
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