Mediterranean and Millennia

: And braced thus between mountains and sea I imagined this vista had changed little in the twelve millennia that the Berber people have called the western Maghreb their home, according to Rabble. There was a time when the Mediterranean could truly have been considered the centre of the Earth and multitudes of people orbited round its rim. It was a windy day and flecks of foam blew from the rocks into my face -- salty and bracing. One of the centres of that civilization was Libya, the birthplace according to much folklore, of the goddess called Athena by the Greeks, Tannit by the Libyans, and Neith by the Egyptians. She gave birth to time and its daily re-creation as the sun crosses the sky, and was the personification of primeval waters, perhaps of the Mediterranean itself. She was the great mother goddess of the ancient world, often depicted carrying a scepter, symbolizing her rule and power, and the ankh, symbolizing her generative, life-giving strength. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.