King Argenteus of Tartessos

This king, whose name is rendered in a variety of ways, is credited by ancient historians with a lifespan of 120 years. According to Herodotus, King Arganthonios ruled Tartessia for 80 years, from 630 BC to 550 BC. It is probable that he is thus credited with this longevity due to a the fact that is name is a title rather than a proper name, and the historians inadvertently credited one man with the works of several generations of kings.

What is certain is that the Biblical kingdom of Tartessos was ruled by this proto-Iranian/Gaelic King  from a capital city  located beyond the Straits of Gibraltar on the southwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula. The prophet Jonah attempted to flee from God’s command by escaping in the hold of a ship that was bound for the capital city of Tartessos (as far away from Nineveh as he could get). After an agonizing journey in the rough waters of the Mediterranean, he was discovered as a stowaway (no doubt while he was barfing from seasickness) and put off on shore.

This King of Kings held mining concerns in Spain, Cornwall, and Wales, with vast trade networks that spanned the Globe. (No small feat for kings in the millenia before the common era). The precious metals and coinage that were exported from his kingdom eventually brought about the collapse of the Persian monetary system. The bible and other ancient histories tell of rich fabrics, leather, peacocks, ivory and exotic foods and spices that were provided to the ancient world via the “Ships of Tartessos“.

This Gaelic king ruled a highly literate population, spoke a language that seems to be some sort of hybrid of the several major languages in extant at the time. I am willing to bet that the tradesmen of this Kingdom/Empire of Tartessos, based as it was on maritime trade, originated of many of the earliest maps that showed not only the coast lines of other continents (including Africa, and north/south America), but showing them with such incredible detail and accuracy that during the middle ages many of them were gathered and burned along with the gnostic scriptures and other historical documents as part of an orchestrated effort of modern Rome to conquer and subdue the peoples of Languedoc and Iberia.

Georgeos Diaz-Montexano

The jewelry depicted in the portrait of Argenteus, by artist Georgeos Díaz-Montexano , actually exists. The rest of the portrait is conjecture based upon the archeological evidence of local custom with regards to style and ethnic connections.

More on the history, culture, kings, capital cities, and records of antiquity with regard to the kingdom of Tartessos including its ties to anti-diluvean Atlantean kingdom of Dilmun and the Tainite Confederation has been authored by Mr Montexano. His research is thorough, factual and based on empirical evidence rather than the radical emotionalism and religious fervor that traditionally accompany other assertions and theories regarding the location of the elusive “Island of Atlantis.”

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