Fictional Cities and Towns in Egypt - Bana-Mighdall, Zerzura, Hamunaptra (Paperback)

Chapters: Bana-Mighdall, Zerzura, Hamunaptra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bana-Mighdall is a fictional Amazon nation and the name of fictional former cities in the DC Comics universe created by writer George Perez. The Egyptian city of Bana-Mighdall was introduced in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #29. The initial Themyscirian Bana-Mighdall encampment was first shown in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #0, while the more full sized Themyscirian city was first shown in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #168. The term can either be a reference to the past Amazon cities or to identify a particular type/breed of Amazon. Three-thousand years ago, the two Amazon Queens (Hippolyta and Antiope) split the Amazon nation. Hippolyta's tribe traveled to the isolated island of Themyscira to live immortal lives in order to protect the doorway to the Underworld called Doom's Doorway. Antiope's tribe was never given immortality and was forced to mate with common men whom they held prisoner in appalling conditions as breeding stock, in order to guarantee their tribe's survival. They migrated from Greece to various European and Middle Eastern countries before finally settling in Egypt. As Antiope and her tribe had renounced the Olympian gods once the two Queens parted ways, they eventually began to assimilate various religions and goddesses from the many lands to where they traveled. It was in Egypt that they finally built the city of Bana-Mighdall, which in their language translates to The Temple of Women. The city was magically protected, as one of their new goddesses created a powerfully consistent sandstorm to surround and protect their city from "ariadnas," any outsiders who could not be trusted. It also was shown to suppress the powers of outside gods. Though they worked with outside...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=343554