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Ancient cheesemaking (Jacques Ribieff / Adobe Stock) — 29 Aug 2022

Gods, Goats And Cheesemakers In Ancient Times

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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During a trip to France, cheesy pasta dishes were served to America’s President Thomas Jefferson. Enthralled by the dish, the president went on to have both the pasta and Parmesan cheese imported to his plantation, and served the very first...
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Ancient cheesemaking (Jacques Ribieff / Adobe Stock) — 29 Aug 2022

Gods, Goats And Cheesemakers In Ancient Times

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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During a trip to France, cheesy pasta dishes were served to America’s President Thomas Jefferson. Enthralled by the dish, the president went on to have both the pasta and Parmesan cheese imported to his plantation, and served the very first...
Read More

The Arch of Drusus (Rabax63 /CC BY-SA 4..0) — 15 Aug 2022

A Hero’s Send-Off To Rome’s General Drusus The Elder, First Germanicus

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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When word of his younger brother’s life-threatening illness reached him, Roman General Tiberius (later Emperor Tiberius Caesar Augustus) who was in Pavia at the time, crossed the Alps like a man possessed. Without stopping day or night, he...
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The Arch of Drusus (Rabax63 /CC BY-SA 4..0) — 15 Aug 2022

A Hero’s Send-Off To Rome’s General Drusus The Elder, First Germanicus

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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When word of his younger brother’s life-threatening illness reached him, Roman General Tiberius (later Emperor Tiberius Caesar Augustus) who was in Pavia at the time, crossed the Alps like a man possessed. Without stopping day or night, he...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
Read More

Oriental Origins of Playing Cards: Ganjifeh And Yezi Xi — 15 Jun 2022

Oriental Origins of Playing Cards: Ganjifeh And Yezi Xi

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In 1392 France, Charles Poupart, a treasurer to king Charles VI (1368 – 1422), recorded a payment to a Parisian painter named Jacquemin Grigonneur for painting three illuminated packs of cards commissioned by the king for his amusement. A couple...
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Oriental Origins of Playing Cards: Ganjifeh And Yezi Xi — 15 Jun 2022

Oriental Origins of Playing Cards: Ganjifeh And Yezi Xi

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In 1392 France, Charles Poupart, a treasurer to king Charles VI (1368 – 1422), recorded a payment to a Parisian painter named Jacquemin Grigonneur for painting three illuminated packs of cards commissioned by the king for his amusement. A couple...
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Hera and her pet peacocks. Juno and Argus by Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1611) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (Public Domain) — 20 May 2022

Elephants, Eels, Fawns and Ravens: Ancient Lives Of Beloved Exotic Pets

By MartiniF

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Unlike Aristotle who viewed animals as irrational creatures with lower moral standing, sent to earth solely to serve humans, Pythagoras regarded them highly and proposed that animals had reincarnated human souls. When Pythagoras saw someone beating...
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Hera and her pet peacocks. Juno and Argus by Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1611) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (Public Domain) — 20 May 2022

Elephants, Eels, Fawns and Ravens: Ancient Lives Of Beloved Exotic Pets

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Unlike Aristotle who viewed animals as irrational creatures with lower moral standing, sent to earth solely to serve humans, Pythagoras regarded them highly and proposed that animals had reincarnated human souls. When Pythagoras saw someone beating...
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Wang Zhaojun - O Shokun by Hishida Shunso (1902) (Public Domain) — 25 Apr 2022

The Currency Of Chinese Princesses In Conjugal Peace Alliances

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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For thousands of years, the institution of marriage has been in a constant state of evolution. The established form of marriage recognized in each country, religious or social group at any given time is often colored with slight, but interesting...
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Wang Zhaojun - O Shokun by Hishida Shunso (1902) (Public Domain) — 25 Apr 2022

The Currency Of Chinese Princesses In Conjugal Peace Alliances

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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For thousands of years, the institution of marriage has been in a constant state of evolution. The established form of marriage recognized in each country, religious or social group at any given time is often colored with slight, but interesting...
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Painted map of the Master of the Nets Garden begun in 1140, renovated 1736–1796 (Kanga35/ CC BY-SA 2.5) — 15 Apr 2022

Historical Chinese Gardens: Sanctuaries For The Mind And Body

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In a garden, art, science, nature and the mind collide. It is no surprise then, that many stories in ancient religions and philosophies are set in gardens. Christians believe that the Garden of Eden once existed before Adam and Eve were expelled...
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Painted map of the Master of the Nets Garden begun in 1140, renovated 1736–1796 (Kanga35/ CC BY-SA 2.5) — 15 Apr 2022

Historical Chinese Gardens: Sanctuaries For The Mind And Body

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In a garden, art, science, nature and the mind collide. It is no surprise then, that many stories in ancient religions and philosophies are set in gardens. Christians believe that the Garden of Eden once existed before Adam and Eve were expelled...
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Mahapajapati Gotami Buddha’s stepmother and Buddhist nuns (Dharma / CC BY-SA 2.0) — 01 Apr 2022

Bhadda Kundalakesa The Rebellious Intelligent Buddhist Nun

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) is a collection of short poems by and about the early enlightened women in Buddhism. These women were the theris (senior ones) among ordained Buddhist women. They bore that epithet due to their religious...
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Mahapajapati Gotami Buddha’s stepmother and Buddhist nuns (Dharma / CC BY-SA 2.0) — 01 Apr 2022

Bhadda Kundalakesa The Rebellious Intelligent Buddhist Nun

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) is a collection of short poems by and about the early enlightened women in Buddhism. These women were the theris (senior ones) among ordained Buddhist women. They bore that epithet due to their religious...
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Noble ladies enjoying Kai-awase. Print of Metropolitan Museum of Art (Kitagawa Utamaro / CC0) — 07 Mar 2022

Kai-Awase: Elegant Shell Matching Pastime Of The Nobility During Heian Japan

By MartiniF

Archaeology & Science

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Coming in an infinite number of shapes and colors, seashells have been used as a medium of exchange for centuries in a variety of locations, such as many Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean islands, as well as North America, Africa and the Caribbean....
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Noble ladies enjoying Kai-awase. Print of Metropolitan Museum of Art (Kitagawa Utamaro / CC0) — 07 Mar 2022

Kai-Awase: Elegant Shell Matching Pastime Of The Nobility During Heian Japan

By MartiniF

Archaeology & Science

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Coming in an infinite number of shapes and colors, seashells have been used as a medium of exchange for centuries in a variety of locations, such as many Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean islands, as well as North America, Africa and the Caribbean....
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Ancient Trashy Erotic Historical Romance Novels Survived The Passage Of Time — 08 Feb 2022

Ancient Trashy Erotic Historical Romance Novels Survived The Passage Of Time

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The popularity of trashy romance fiction with pirates abducting beautiful virgins and selling heroes as slaves, mistaken identities, shipwrecks, lust, lost lovers reunited and happy-ever-after-endings existed in even antiquity, although it was...
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Ancient Trashy Erotic Historical Romance Novels Survived The Passage Of Time — 08 Feb 2022

Ancient Trashy Erotic Historical Romance Novels Survived The Passage Of Time

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The popularity of trashy romance fiction with pirates abducting beautiful virgins and selling heroes as slaves, mistaken identities, shipwrecks, lust, lost lovers reunited and happy-ever-after-endings existed in even antiquity, although it was...
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