09 Feb 2024 Excalibur: Extracting Swords From Stone, Ancient Metallurgical Metaphors By Felice Vinci Archaeology & Science 0 The first mention of the famous ‘Sword in the Stone’ of the Arthurian tradition is found in Robert de Boron’s Merlin, a medieval French poem, part of the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail cycle of French romances also known as the Vulgate Cycle,... Read More
11 Mar 2022 Egyptian Head Cones: Mini Pyramids and Status Symbols By Jonathon Perrin Archaeology & Science 0 One of ancient Egypt’s most-enduring embalming enigmas has to be its cryptic head cones. These unusual objects can be seen in tomb paintings perched atop the heads of both mummies and living people. They resemble white domes or cones, and are... Read More
08 Jan 2021 Honey Liquid Gold Of The Ancient World By ashley cowie History & Tradition 1 In Greek mythology, Melissa was a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey and from whom bees were believed to have received their name. Regarded as nectar of the gods, honey is obviously as old as the bee and the oldest bee ever discovered... Read More
29 Jul 2020 To Bee Or Not to Bee In The History Of Mankind By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 1 “Sì come schiera d'ape, che s'infiora /as a host of bees, which blooms” said Dante Alighieri in Paradiso, XXXI, v.7The Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the mythology of the Maya, tells how the bee was born from an 'universal beehive' that... Read More
18 May 2016 Ritual Chambers of the Andes: Used in Secret, Near Death Simulations By Freddy Silva Archaeology & Science 4 Rather than being burial chambers, the chullpas of Sillustani and Cutimbo were used for a secret, near-death simulation in which candidates returned 'risen'.Conventional history claims the Inka appeared suddenly during the 15th century, and within... Read More