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Reconstitution of a prehistoric burial. Representative image — 06 Nov 2017

Bones of the Child, Tools of the Shaman: Ritual and Cosmology at the Hopewell Tunacunnhee Mounds

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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Near Trenton in Dade County, Georgia, is a place called Tunacunnhee, supposedly named after a Native American word meaning “Lookout Creek”. Located just a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek is an archaeological site known as the...
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Reconstitution of a prehistoric burial. Representative image — 06 Nov 2017

Bones of the Child, Tools of the Shaman: Ritual and Cosmology at the Hopewell Tunacunnhee Mounds

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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Near Trenton in Dade County, Georgia, is a place called Tunacunnhee, supposedly named after a Native American word meaning “Lookout Creek”. Located just a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek is an archaeological site known as the...
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A Puma in the night (Public Domain); with ancestor spirits — 13 Oct 2017

Ghost Talkers and Puma Men: Adena Totemism and the Shamans of the Early Woodland Period

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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The people of the Adena Culture are widely regarded as the first builders of mounds and earthworks in the Ohio Valley.By conventional dating the culture spans the period of 1000 BC to around 300 AD. Adena people built conical burial mounds ranging...
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A Puma in the night (Public Domain); with ancestor spirits — 13 Oct 2017

Ghost Talkers and Puma Men: Adena Totemism and the Shamans of the Early Woodland Period

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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The people of the Adena Culture are widely regarded as the first builders of mounds and earthworks in the Ohio Valley.By conventional dating the culture spans the period of 1000 BC to around 300 AD. Adena people built conical burial mounds ranging...
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IMAGE Show row weights FILE INFORMATION OPERATIONS Image icon Enigma-Wrapped-in-a-Mystery.jpg (119.66 KB) Alternate text An aerial view of the aqueduct. (Photo © Balneario of Alicún de las Torres) This text will be used by screen readers, search engines, or when the image cannot be loaded. Remove Image icon Enigma-Wrapped-in-a-Mystery.jpg (113.71 KB) Alternate text This text will be used by screen readers, search engines, or when the image cannot be loaded. Remove Add a new file Choose FileUpload File — 21 Aug 2017

An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery: The Living, Growing Aqueduct of Alicún de las Torres, Granada

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

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Not far from the Moorish splendors of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and close to the troglodyte cave-dwellings of the residents of Guadix, is the spectacular, living, El Toril Aqueduct. It is located across the road from the popular rural Hotel...
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IMAGE Show row weights FILE INFORMATION OPERATIONS Image icon Enigma-Wrapped-in-a-Mystery.jpg (119.66 KB) Alternate text An aerial view of the aqueduct. (Photo © Balneario of Alicún de las Torres) This text will be used by screen readers, search engines, or when the image cannot be loaded. Remove Image icon Enigma-Wrapped-in-a-Mystery.jpg (113.71 KB) Alternate text This text will be used by screen readers, search engines, or when the image cannot be loaded. Remove Add a new file Choose FileUpload File — 21 Aug 2017

An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery: The Living, Growing Aqueduct of Alicún de las Torres, Granada

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

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Not far from the Moorish splendors of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and close to the troglodyte cave-dwellings of the residents of Guadix, is the spectacular, living, El Toril Aqueduct. It is located across the road from the popular rural Hotel...
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Diagram of the Seqe/Ceke system of Cusco, a believed system of energy lines radiating from Cusco that connected through the cities, shrines, temples and sacred sites of the Incan empire. Planned intricately, the temple of Coricancha sat at the center. — 17 May 2017

Rediscovering the Lost Code of the Inca Cosmic Power Matrix

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The National Museum in Quito, Ecuador exhibits an otherworldly collection of sheet-gold masks representing the Andean sun god Inti. Zig-zag rays of golden light burst from his face and some end in tiny stylized human figures, animals and insects....
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Diagram of the Seqe/Ceke system of Cusco, a believed system of energy lines radiating from Cusco that connected through the cities, shrines, temples and sacred sites of the Incan empire. Planned intricately, the temple of Coricancha sat at the center. — 17 May 2017

Rediscovering the Lost Code of the Inca Cosmic Power Matrix

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

The National Museum in Quito, Ecuador exhibits an otherworldly collection of sheet-gold masks representing the Andean sun god Inti. Zig-zag rays of golden light burst from his face and some end in tiny stylized human figures, animals and insects....
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The night sky, Night display at an ceremony of Inca Heritage at the Pachacama Complex — 10 May 2017

Viracocha's Astronomical Creation Engine

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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3,500 years ago, the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, situated in La Paz, Bolivia, were inhabited by the Tiwanaku culture who built stone super-structures such as; the Akapana, Pumapunku, the Kalasasaya and the Semi-Subterranean Temple. The Inca...
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The night sky, Night display at an ceremony of Inca Heritage at the Pachacama Complex — 10 May 2017

Viracocha's Astronomical Creation Engine

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

1

3,500 years ago, the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, situated in La Paz, Bolivia, were inhabited by the Tiwanaku culture who built stone super-structures such as; the Akapana, Pumapunku, the Kalasasaya and the Semi-Subterranean Temple. The Inca...
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The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth — 11 Jan 2017

The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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For the past few thousand years, the Indian Epic Ramayana has been among the most important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king Ravana is celebrated through plays and dances in...
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The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth — 11 Jan 2017

The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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For the past few thousand years, the Indian Epic Ramayana has been among the most important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king Ravana is celebrated through plays and dances in...
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Lost in Translation? Understandings and Misunderstandings about the Ancient Practice of “Sacred Prostitution” — 28 Sep 2016

Lost in Translation? Understandings and Misunderstandings about the Ancient Practice of “Sacred Prostitution”

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In the modern world, the mere mention of “Sacred Prostitution” may receive raised eyebrows or disgusted grimaces. Evidently, this was also the case for the ancients as many ancient authors describe sacred prostitution in drastic terms. It was,...
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Lost in Translation? Understandings and Misunderstandings about the Ancient Practice of “Sacred Prostitution” — 28 Sep 2016

Lost in Translation? Understandings and Misunderstandings about the Ancient Practice of “Sacred Prostitution”

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In the modern world, the mere mention of “Sacred Prostitution” may receive raised eyebrows or disgusted grimaces. Evidently, this was also the case for the ancients as many ancient authors describe sacred prostitution in drastic terms. It was,...
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An idol of Durga Pooja, comprising Goddess Durga, her daughters Laxmi, Saraswati and her sons Ganesha, Karitik — 21 Mar 2016

The Sacred Three in Asian Beliefs: Triple Gods, Tridevi, and the Three Treasures

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Number three has been considered sacred for over many centuries throughout the world. Its depictions of the triads, triplicates and trinities have also existed in many cultures with various interpretations.The possible oldest interpretation of the...
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An idol of Durga Pooja, comprising Goddess Durga, her daughters Laxmi, Saraswati and her sons Ganesha, Karitik — 21 Mar 2016

The Sacred Three in Asian Beliefs: Triple Gods, Tridevi, and the Three Treasures

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

Number three has been considered sacred for over many centuries throughout the world. Its depictions of the triads, triplicates and trinities have also existed in many cultures with various interpretations.The possible oldest interpretation of the...
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A traditional Andean spiritual leader arrives at the location for the offering ceremony with the items needed for the mesa. — 11 Feb 2016

The Traditional Offering Ceremony of the Andes: How to Maintain Balance Between the Material and Spiritual Worlds

By AliciaMcDermott2

History & Tradition

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In traditional Andean cosmovision, the natural world and the divine are united, and offering ceremonies are seen as a part of the reciprocity system between the material and spiritual worlds. Haywarikuy (offering gifts in a sacred manner), ayni...
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A traditional Andean spiritual leader arrives at the location for the offering ceremony with the items needed for the mesa. — 11 Feb 2016

The Traditional Offering Ceremony of the Andes: How to Maintain Balance Between the Material and Spiritual Worlds

By AliciaMcDermott2

History & Tradition

0

In traditional Andean cosmovision, the natural world and the divine are united, and offering ceremonies are seen as a part of the reciprocity system between the material and spiritual worlds. Haywarikuy (offering gifts in a sacred manner), ayni...
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Deriv; K'inich Kan B'alam II, one of the many rulers of Palenque (Public Domain), and The Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico — 21 Nov 2015

Sacred Space, Structure and Spiritual Portals of the Ancient Mayas: The Sak Nuk Nah ̶ White Skin House in Palenque

By lennie

Archaeology & Science

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The cosmology of the ancient Mayas envisioned a fluid universe, in which patterns in the cosmos above were replicated in the earth below. Destinies of individuals, cities and entire peoples were determined by stellar configurations—cycles of...
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Deriv; K'inich Kan B'alam II, one of the many rulers of Palenque (Public Domain), and The Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico — 21 Nov 2015

Sacred Space, Structure and Spiritual Portals of the Ancient Mayas: The Sak Nuk Nah ̶ White Skin House in Palenque

By lennie

Archaeology & Science

1

The cosmology of the ancient Mayas envisioned a fluid universe, in which patterns in the cosmos above were replicated in the earth below. Destinies of individuals, cities and entire peoples were determined by stellar configurations—cycles of...
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