Ancient Ship And Ancient Scent (5/20/2024)

ANCIENT SHIP AND ANCIENT SCENT

FROM OLD TO NEW WORLDS

We have America’s largest collection of Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) logs at the Phoenicia Workshop in Iowa. We have distilled and formulated an ancient scent from the essential oil that comes from our Cedar of Lebanon. The perfume provides a source of funding for the restoration of our ship replica for the next two years.

We sell MELEK, Ancient Scent 600 BC to our friends and supporters. The fundraising is patterned in the way that Boy Scouts sell popcorn to raise money for their local programs. In stead of popcorn, we package and sell perfume.

Create a Memory.

Connect to the Bible.

Ancient Formulation.

Cedar of Lebanon is the rarest of essences, so it is never found in commercial perfumery. A devotional oil of sacred nature and supreme beauty. It was the dominant scent in the House of the Lord as constructed by King Solomon and King Hiram of Tyre, the Phoenician.

The Hebrew word מלך (melek, pronounced MEL-ek), is a noun meaning “king.” The verb form of the same word, malak, means “to rule,” as a king rules over his people. From MELEK comes the name of Mulek, the person who is most closely associated with the 600 BC replica in Montrose, Iowa. Thus, we call our ancient scent MELEK, The King.

We bring to the world a perfume from a tree that goes back in time to history’s earliest written records. Believers can now smell a fragrance that creates a memory that connects them to the Bible and to the House of the Lord.

This week Blaise Colasante will be at the workshop with David Snyder. We understand that Mike and Betty will travel in early June from Florida to the Nauvoo area. We will soon have the money to properly keep the project going. In mid-June we will be at the PHOENICIA Youth Week when there will be as many as two dozen young adults working on the ship.

We are getting the MELEK perfume ready for an introduction at the Annual Summer Convention of the Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs to be held in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 3 – 7. There should be as many as 1,500 people at that convention. The cultural association has 15,000 members in 22 states. Explorer Philip Beale is flying from England to Florida to participate in the Convention. We continue to work closely with the Chairman of the Association, Habib Ostra.

We are optimistic about the prospects for our summer activities. The scemt from our cedar logs will help fund the project. Let’s continue to move forward. We are sure that with your help we will find a way to keep us on course.

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The Jewish community of Tunisia, and on the island of Djerba in particular, stretches back over 2,600 years. Jews are believed to have arrived in Tunisia with the Phoenicians, as early as the 10th century before Christ., who founded the ancient colony of Carthage on the northernmost tip of Africa. According to a popular legend of the Jewish community’s origins, a group of high priests (kohanim) arrived in Djerba having fled Jerusalem following the destruction of the ancient Temple in 586 BC In their flight, they salvaged a fragment of a door of the ancient Temple and brought it with them to Djerba. They reportedly preserved it as a relic in a grotto, or a cave, beneath what would become the Ghriba synagogue. This narrative directly links the foundation of the synagogue of the Temple in Jerusalem, the symbolic center of Judaism. Until the 1950s, Djerba was home to the largest Jewish community in Tunisia. Note the color blue that is associated with the Royal House of David and our MELEK PERFUME.

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Doug Petty Family and Friends in Djerba.

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One of the oldest places of worship in the history of the Jews. Note the Royal Blue from the House of David.

The Amphitheatre of El Jem (Arabic: قصر الجم, romanized: Qaṣr al-Jamm) is an oval amphitheatre in the modern-day city of El Djem, Tunisia, formerly Thysdrus in the Roman province of Africa. It is listed by UNESCO since 1979 as a World Heritage Site. On the side of the road from Tunis to Djerba.

CEDAR OF LEBANON

FRIENDS OF PHOENICIA

2 thoughts on “Ancient Ship And Ancient Scent”

Juan Gazelle
June 9, 2024 at 12:43 am

I would like to know more about Melek. The availability to South-Africa, if at all?

. Many Thanks

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1. Administrator
  June 10, 2024 at 7:28 am
  
  For perfume containing the oil, see House of Matriarch at https://www.matriarch.biz/search?q=Cedar+of+Lebanon and use the code Phoenicia for 20% off.
  
  If you want a quantity of just the Cedar of Lebanon oil itself, please contact John.Lefgren@gmail.com
  
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HRG History — by Jay Mackley

HISTORY AND MISSION STATEMENT OF THE

The Heartland Research Group is a grassroots, boots-on-the-ground organization that believes that the historical narrative of the Book of Mormon took place in the Heartland of North America. The HRG is active in archaeological research and in the acquisition, restoration and display of ancient American artifacts. The HRG is currently preparing an ancient ship replica called the "Phoenicia" for display. The ships construction design is patterned after a shipwreck dating to 600 BC. The Phoenicia ship made modern voyages, first around Africa and then also from the Middle East to Florida in 2019 – proving that voyages around Africa or from Sidon to North America were feasible anciently.

Heartland Research Inc is a 501c3 private operating foundation for archaeological research and to complete preparations for the Phoenicia display. Current plans are for a museum large enough to house the Phoenicia ship and many other ancient artifacts and exhibits from North America. The location of the museum is planned to be in Zarahemla which is Lee County Iowa, near the Mississippi river and east of Nauvoo, Illinois.

Our activities are too many to list, but some recent major expeditions are listed below. Many of these expeditions are open-ended and we expect to continue research in these and other similar activities as time, resources, and volunteers become available. We have dozens of volunteers and hundreds of donors, large and small, but we need many more. Check out the websites listed below for details of Heartland Research Group projects. Our current project is is our biggest yet: to refurbish the Phoenicia ship for display.

The Heartland Research Group: TheHeartlandResearchGroup.org
Phoenicia ship website: Phoenicia.rocks
Zarahemla website: Zarahemla.site

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We invite you to support our efforts so we can complete these worthy goals!
If you have skills or knowledge to contribute to our research and discovery projects, please contact us directly to volunteer.

What: Sonar scanning of Mississippi between Nauvoo and Keokuk. The purpose of the expedition was to discover a crossing route that ancient people could have taken.
Who: Heartland Research Inc volunteers.
Where: Between Keokuk and Nauvoo, Iowa.
How: Private donations of money, time and equipment.

What: Magnetic scanning of 221 acres of farmland near Montrose, Iowa. The purpose of the expedition was the discovery of fire-pits and other evidence of ancient occupation.
Who: Members of the Heartland Research Inc, local farmers, volunteers, plus technicians from German company SYNSYS. Signs of habitation were found with magnetometery scanning and then C14 dating.
Where: Near Montrose Iowa and between Montrose and Fort Madison Iowa.
How: Large and small donations of money, time and equipment.

What: A one week seminar in Fort Madison, Iowa with 25+ participants. Included visits to the Putnam museum in Davenport, Iowa. There were twelve presentations on the ancient history and written languages of the upper Mississippi.
Who: Members of Heartland Research Inc plus presenters and interested attendees.
Where: Fort Madison, Iowa.
How: Private donations for space, time and lodging.

What: Ground penetrating electrical resistivity scanning for building foundations using electrical resistivity equipment from LandVisor.
Who: Members of Heartland Research Inc and volunteers.
Where: Zarahemla in Lee County, Iowa.
How: Private donations and ground support.

What: Metal analysis for alloy content. Ancient arrow and spearhead found in Wisconsin stream of cast bronze.
Who: Heartland Research Group
Where: Sample found in Wisconsin stream by scuba diver.
How: Private donations for lab analysis.

What: High resolution LiDAR scanning by supporter Air Data Solutions of 34,000 acres in Lee County, Iowa and also part of Illinois. The focus was to create high quality digital maps showing the terrain of the land, especially in the foothill areas where large earthworks are found. Discovery of 5-10 miles of ancient earthworks from LiDAR using QGIS and ArcGIS visualization software.
Who: Members of Heartland Research Inc plus AirData Solutions Inc.
Where: Lee County, Iowa and also part of Illinois, covering the much of Nauvoo.
How: Private donations for services, data processing, and analysis.

What: Commence process of restoring the world's oldest ship replica from 600BC, which has circumnavigated Africa and crossed the Atlantic ocean from the Middle East to America.
Who: Members of Heartland Research Inc plus volunteers.
Where: Lee County, Iowa between Montrose and Fort Madison.
How: Private donations for materials, space, and equipment plus donations in labor.

Mission Statement

The Heartland Research Group researches archaeological evidence of the ancient civilizations of America.
Heartland Research Group activities include:

Field Research
Uses archeological techniques and scanning technologies to reveal the remains of ancient civilizations.
Ancient Artifacts
Encourages and facilitate study of ancient North American artifacts, including tablets, tools, weapons, metal works, and other items.
Geography
Research and develop maps, using scanning technologies and other means, to identify the locations and activities of ancient civilizations.
Linguistics
Analyze and translate ancient writings found in North America, especially those relating to other civilizations world wide.
Preservation and Display
Collect, restore, preserve, catalog and exhibit ancient artifacts and replicas, and make them readily available to researchers and viewable to the public.
Archaeology, Geology, and History
Study and research into all aspects archaeology, geology, and history that shed light on ancient North American peoples and cultures.
Promotion and Support
Raise awareness of our activities. Work directly with and support individuals and groups in activities that share our same goals.

The Heartland Research Group welcomes researchers and interested parties of all backgrounds to share their analysis and findings of ancient American heartland civilizations.