[SMARTY]

“...Pontus Skoglund...”??

That's interesting. ‘Pontus’ appears on old maps of Asia Minor, in what is now north central Turkey. It's an area around the southern coast of the Black Sea.

I have some very old text books that still represent the area with the name ‘Pontus’.

[Verginius Rufus]

Pontos is Greek for "sea" and is applied to various seas but especially to the Black Sea. A district of ancient Asia Minor was called Pontus. Its heyday was the reign of its most famous king, Mithridates the Great.

[Neanderthal]

"I have some very old text books that still represent the area with the name ‘Pontus’."

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I believe that pontus might mean bridge in latin. Maybe a reference to the connection between Europe and Asia?