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Museum diorama depicting scholars from the Joseon Dynasty (Public Domain), and script from the Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae (Public Domain); Deriv. — 24 Jul 2017

What Happens if Scholars Rule a Kingdom? How Korea’s Kingdom of Joseon Lived Up to its Legendary Namesake

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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By the 14th century, the foundations of Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty (918 -1392 CE) started to collapse from years of war and de facto occupation from the Mongol Empire. The royal court in Goryeo was at its most divided as it split into two conflicting...
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Museum diorama depicting scholars from the Joseon Dynasty (Public Domain), and script from the Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae (Public Domain); Deriv. — 24 Jul 2017

What Happens if Scholars Rule a Kingdom? How Korea’s Kingdom of Joseon Lived Up to its Legendary Namesake

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

0

By the 14th century, the foundations of Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty (918 -1392 CE) started to collapse from years of war and de facto occupation from the Mongol Empire. The royal court in Goryeo was at its most divided as it split into two conflicting...
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Dramatic mask with tusks and feathers, Ninghai, Zhejiang, China — 10 Jul 2017

Ferocious Beast-Head Masks, Heavy Robes & Swirling Colors: What are the Unspoken Messages in Ancient Chinese Opera?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In “Civilization of China” (1911), Herbert Giles wrote that “for pleasure pure and simple, independent of gains and losses, the theater occupies the warmest place in every Chinaman's heart”. The fact that the Chinese theater is also known...
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Dramatic mask with tusks and feathers, Ninghai, Zhejiang, China — 10 Jul 2017

Ferocious Beast-Head Masks, Heavy Robes & Swirling Colors: What are the Unspoken Messages in Ancient Chinese Opera?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In “Civilization of China” (1911), Herbert Giles wrote that “for pleasure pure and simple, independent of gains and losses, the theater occupies the warmest place in every Chinaman's heart”. The fact that the Chinese theater is also known...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credits: Richard Dick Sellicks, Dave Rudin, G. Elliot Smith/Wikimedia Commons); Deriv. — 23 Jun 2017

Puzzle of the Unidentified KV35 Mummy: Boy Kings and the Specter of Smenkhkare—Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The staggering number of royal mummies that Victor Loret found in the final resting place of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh, Amenhotep II, consisted of some individuals who have not yet been positively ascertained. Prime among them was the body of...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credits: Richard Dick Sellicks, Dave Rudin, G. Elliot Smith/Wikimedia Commons); Deriv. — 23 Jun 2017

Puzzle of the Unidentified KV35 Mummy: Boy Kings and the Specter of Smenkhkare—Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The staggering number of royal mummies that Victor Loret found in the final resting place of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh, Amenhotep II, consisted of some individuals who have not yet been positively ascertained. Prime among them was the body of...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credits: Dennis Jarvis/CC BY 2.0, Victor Loret/Wikimedia Commons, Richard Dick Sellicks); Deriv. By: Anand Balaji — 21 Jun 2017

Lasting Puzzle of the Unidentified KV35 Mummy: Is it Really Prince Webensenu Or Another?—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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A host of pharaohs who were removed to safety from their burial places in ancient times rested peacefully for millennia within the bowels of the magnificent tomb of Amenhotep II. Among the great names lay the desecrated mummy of a youngster whose...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji (Photo credits: Dennis Jarvis/CC BY 2.0, Victor Loret/Wikimedia Commons, Richard Dick Sellicks); Deriv. By: Anand Balaji — 21 Jun 2017

Lasting Puzzle of the Unidentified KV35 Mummy: Is it Really Prince Webensenu Or Another?—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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A host of pharaohs who were removed to safety from their burial places in ancient times rested peacefully for millennia within the bowels of the magnificent tomb of Amenhotep II. Among the great names lay the desecrated mummy of a youngster whose...
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Shave Your Armpits and Don’t Smell Like a Billy-Goat: Ovid’s Art of Love, Relationships and Adultery — 19 Jun 2017

Shave Your Armpits and Don’t Smell Like a Billy-Goat: Ovid’s Art of Love, Relationships and Adultery

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Born a year after the assassination of Julius Caesar, Ovid’s first works appeared in the early days of the Augustan principate. Ovid wrote various works throughout his long career, but none so insightful for the everyday person as his Ars...
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Shave Your Armpits and Don’t Smell Like a Billy-Goat: Ovid’s Art of Love, Relationships and Adultery — 19 Jun 2017

Shave Your Armpits and Don’t Smell Like a Billy-Goat: Ovid’s Art of Love, Relationships and Adultery

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Born a year after the assassination of Julius Caesar, Ovid’s first works appeared in the early days of the Augustan principate. Ovid wrote various works throughout his long career, but none so insightful for the everyday person as his Ars...
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Helen of Troy — 05 Jun 2017

Achieve Your “15 Minutes of Fame” & Ancient Lessons on How to be Famous: Celebrity Culture in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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An early third century CE Greek inscription recovered from the ancient town of Oinoanda in southwest Turkey reveals that the Roman army relied on the services of Lucius Septimius Flavianus Flavillianus, a champion in wrestling and Pankraiton, to...
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Helen of Troy — 05 Jun 2017

Achieve Your “15 Minutes of Fame” & Ancient Lessons on How to be Famous: Celebrity Culture in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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An early third century CE Greek inscription recovered from the ancient town of Oinoanda in southwest Turkey reveals that the Roman army relied on the services of Lucius Septimius Flavianus Flavillianus, a champion in wrestling and Pankraiton, to...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 05 May 2017

Life after Life: Guidebook to Conquering Dangerous Demons and Dark Waters in Duat – Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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One of the pivots for the successful implementation of ‘heka’, the ancient Egyptian term for magic, was words – both spoken and written – and the latter was considered the most powerful form. Scores of vases, potsherds and voodoo dolls have...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 05 May 2017

Life after Life: Guidebook to Conquering Dangerous Demons and Dark Waters in Duat – Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

0

One of the pivots for the successful implementation of ‘heka’, the ancient Egyptian term for magic, was words – both spoken and written – and the latter was considered the most powerful form. Scores of vases, potsherds and voodoo dolls have...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 03 May 2017

Life after Life: In the Quest for Eternity, Death is Only the Beginning – Part I

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The ancient Egyptians took great care to prepare for the Afterlife. In fact, they were so meticulous about getting every minute detail in order, that to us they come across as having been obsessed with death. But this is far from the truth; for,...
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Collection of Egyptian Art, design by Anand Balaji — 03 May 2017

Life after Life: In the Quest for Eternity, Death is Only the Beginning – Part I

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The ancient Egyptians took great care to prepare for the Afterlife. In fact, they were so meticulous about getting every minute detail in order, that to us they come across as having been obsessed with death. But this is far from the truth; for,...
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Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C. – early 1st century AD. — 01 May 2017

Decapitation? No Problem. The Magic of Restoration: Ancient Myths and Practices of Plastic Surgery

By MartiniF

Archaeology & Science

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Plastic surgery, not just a modern practice, has always existed and was shrouded in mystery, magic, and eroticism.An Indian physician named Sushruta, who was widely regarded in India as the “father of surgery”, wrote one of the world’s...
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Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C. – early 1st century AD. — 01 May 2017

Decapitation? No Problem. The Magic of Restoration: Ancient Myths and Practices of Plastic Surgery

By MartiniF

Archaeology & Science

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Plastic surgery, not just a modern practice, has always existed and was shrouded in mystery, magic, and eroticism.An Indian physician named Sushruta, who was widely regarded in India as the “father of surgery”, wrote one of the world’s...
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Hygeia; Gustav Klimt's painting ‘Medicine’ — 19 Apr 2017

Woman, Healer, Goddess? Famous (and Forbidden) Female Physicians in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Health & Well-being

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Throughout history, women have always been healers. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were also nurses, counselors, midwives who traveled from home to home and village to village. The...
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Hygeia; Gustav Klimt's painting ‘Medicine’ — 19 Apr 2017

Woman, Healer, Goddess? Famous (and Forbidden) Female Physicians in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Health & Well-being

0

Throughout history, women have always been healers. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were also nurses, counselors, midwives who traveled from home to home and village to village. The...
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