Was the Ark of the Covenant an Instrument of Anachronistic Technological Knowledge?
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Hit the Rock and Water Must Come Out of It: Was Moses a Dowser?
Then Yahweh said to Moses: 'Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel and your rod with which you struck the river Nile. Take it in your hand and you must walk. Behold, I stand before you on the rock in Hor...
The Folly of Pope Urban VIII and the Banning of Astrological Prophesies of Papal Fates
A 17th century Pope so feared the astrological prediction that he would exchange his life as pontiff in the Urbs Aeterna
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The Enigmatic Name and Face of YHWH
Who has picked up the wind in the hollow of both hands?”
“Who wrapped the water in a cloak?”
“Who raised all the ends of the earth?”
“What is his name and what is the name o...
Cryptic Crosses, Mystery Medallions and Enigmatic Relics in Christian Churches
To the naked eye, they lie hidden in plain sight, but medieval artists hid cryptic messages in fresco’s, medallions and paintings and collected relics believed to have apotropaic qualities to ward off evil. Were all of these artists sincere i...
Body Snatchers, the Cemetery Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Anatomists of the 18th and 19th centuries faced a dreadful predicament in that they lacked what would today be called ‘educational aids’. They needed cadavers to dissect. These circumstances created an ideal opportunity for the body snatc...
The Itinerary of Odysseus, an Ancient Treasure Map
Did Homer’s Odyssey contain a secret code, that would guide the Greeks to gain complete control over the Black Sea and the North Atlantic and access to the riches of precious metals and other treasures? Was the Odyssey not onl...
Maria Balsa, Daughter of the Dragon: The Long-Lost Illegitimate Child of Vlad the Impaler?
Has a 16th-century Italian noble woman, Maria Balsa, wife of Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo, Count of Muro Lucano and Lord of Acerenza, (Italy) been identified as the illegitimate daughter Vlad III Tepe, also known historically as Vlad the Impaler, Pri...
Odysseus, Off Course in the Baltic Sea
Homer’s Odyssey tells of the adventures of the ancient seasoned mariner, Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, who offended Poseidon and as a result was cursed to sail the seas and prolong his journey home to the isle of Ithaca and his q...
The Curious Roman Cult of the Moray Eel on the Island of Ponza
A mysterious cult in which moray eels decided the fate of men existed on Ponza island, in the Tyrrhenian sea off the coast of Italy, during the first century AD at the so-called ‘Caves of Pilate’. "They ran the delicate moray eels to eat the ...
