Koresh
Koresh
Hebrew for "Cyrus" and the name assumed by Cyrus Reed Teed (1839-1908), proponent of a form of the hollow earth theory. Teed founded the Koreshan Unity, a communal group that constructed a settlement in Estero, Florida, in the hope that it would become the capital of the world.
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