Phoenicians Before Columbus? (Eryj Ben Sassi 1 of 3)

Eryj Ben Sassi is the Founder & President of Association Didon of Carthage in Tunisia. She believes that ancient Phoenicians came from North Africa to North America in 600 BC. In February she came to Washington, DC for a diplomatic reception to strengthen ties with the Heartland Research Group.  We'll discuss more about her group and why she believes that. Check out our conversation.... https://youtu.be/bGrHWlv5Dys Don't miss our other segments with Eryj! https://gospeltangents.com/people-eryj-ben-sassi Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission GT  00:27  Welcome to Gospel Tangents. I'm excited to have an international visitor here. Could you go ahead and tell us who you are, and where are we? Eryj  00:36  Thank you, Rick, for having me today with your channel. I am Eryj Ben Sassi. I'm coming from Carthage, from Tunisia in North Africa. GT  00:48  That’s very exciting. So what brought you here? We're in the Washington DC area. What brought you here? Eryj  00:55  I'm very excited to be here in Washington, DC. I am the president and founder of the Association Didon of Carthage. I represent my association and my country, the culture part of my country. We have a partnership with an American association called the Heartland Research [Group.] Together we will try to bring the Old World to the New World. GT  01:29  We're excited about this. Last night, we met at the [Tunisian] ambassador's home and had a fantastic meeting and get together. You and the Heartland Research Group, you've been following Philip Beale. For those who may not remember who is Philip Beale and why do both you and the Heartland Research Group like him so much? Eryj  01:46  Philip Beale is a genius man, an exceptional man. He built a Phoenician replica ship in Syria years ago. He started his journey in 2008. His first journey started from 2008 to 2010, so two years to make the circumnavigation around Africa. At that time, I didn't know him. GT  02:30  I didn't either. Eryj  02:31  Personally, I don't know him. Okay. But he started a second expedition, second adventure in 2019. He came from England to Carthage. And this expedition [was] called, Phoenicians before Columbus. The objective of this expedition is to prove that Phoenicians and Carthaginians were the first to discover the American continent 600 BC or maybe more. I suppose that is before 600 BC. GT  03:15  Yeah, so you think that ancient Phoenicians could have traveled all the way from say, Israel to Carthage, and then on to America? Eryj  03:26  Yes, I believe.  So we have in our history two famous admirals, Carthaginian admirals. They are the most famous navigators of that time, of ancient time. So, Admiral Himincon went from Carthage to Cornwall in England. GT  03:56  Okay. Eryj  03:57  And Admiral Hannon went from Carthage to Cameroon… GT  04:04  Oh, wow. Eryj  04:05  …with a fleet of 60 ships. So, if these two admirals were the experts of navigation and can navigate to Cornwall and to Cameroon, they can easily go to America. And, especially, as Captain Phillip says, because he is an expert. I'm not an expert of navigation. He said that navigating through the Atlantic Ocean is very easy when we compare it to the Mediterranean. GT  04:56  Okay. Oh, it's easier than... Eryj  04:57  It's like a vacation for them. GT  04:59  Oh, really? Eryj  05:00  It's very easy, because the Mediterranean is very difficult, as he said. We have, also, the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean. So, I think that ancient people could easily reach America at that time. They were curious to know new places, to make their trading. GT  05:35  Do you think this was just a one-time voyage or were they going back and forth? Eryj  05:40  I think that it was a lot more, not one time. If they discovered it, I think they made a lot of travels between this area and America.