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Odysseus escaping from the cave of Polyphemus by Flemish Jacob Jordaens (1635) (Public Domain) — 12 Aug 2022

Giants Among Men Who Walked The Earth

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Today, overachievers are often called “giants in their field" and “giants among men”- terms which define talent, ability and zeal. However, in the ancient world, the word “giant” applied to the oversized, generally supernatural, larger...
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Odysseus escaping from the cave of Polyphemus by Flemish Jacob Jordaens (1635) (Public Domain) — 12 Aug 2022

Giants Among Men Who Walked The Earth

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Today, overachievers are often called “giants in their field" and “giants among men”- terms which define talent, ability and zeal. However, in the ancient world, the word “giant” applied to the oversized, generally supernatural, larger...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain — 01 Aug 2022

Measuring Up The Mega And Mini-Henges Of Neolithic Britain

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The dictionary description of a ‘henge’ as “a circular area, often containing a circle of stones or sometimes wooden posts, dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages,” fails to depart that these circular or oval earthen enclosures dating...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Sacrifice of a lamb on a Pitsa Panel, Corinth, 540–530 BC (Public Domain) — 22 Jul 2022

The Furry Ones Slain And Sacrificed To Bloodthirsty Deities

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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It is beyond many people to even consider the killing of an animal, the sacrifice of the innocent in the name of a deity, but this was not the case in ancient times, and even in some parts of the modern world, where the killing of what are today...
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Sacrifice of a lamb on a Pitsa Panel, Corinth, 540–530 BC (Public Domain) — 22 Jul 2022

The Furry Ones Slain And Sacrificed To Bloodthirsty Deities

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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It is beyond many people to even consider the killing of an animal, the sacrifice of the innocent in the name of a deity, but this was not the case in ancient times, and even in some parts of the modern world, where the killing of what are today...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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Snake Indians - Testing Bows by Alfred Jacob Miller 1858 – 1860 (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 29 Jun 2022

Tracking the Arrow Of Time: 70,000 Years Of Toxophily

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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p>Sometime in deep-history the much-restricted punch and thump was weaponized and replaced with the club. Eventually, the requirement to injure life outside one’s reach birthed the throwing club and the spear, but eventually, toxophilites...
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Snake Indians - Testing Bows by Alfred Jacob Miller 1858 – 1860 (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 29 Jun 2022

Tracking the Arrow Of Time: 70,000 Years Of Toxophily

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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p>Sometime in deep-history the much-restricted punch and thump was weaponized and replaced with the club. Eventually, the requirement to injure life outside one’s reach birthed the throwing club and the spear, but eventually, toxophilites...
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Great Wall of China stretching forever into the distance (MICHEL / Adobe Stock) — 13 Jun 2022

Ancient Frontiers: Boundary, Defensive And Offensive Walls

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Long before great city walls were raised, 10,000 years ago, early hunter-gather-fishers as well as emerging farmers, built the settlement of Jericho (West Bank, Palestine) using adobe mud bricks, enclosing their community with a strong stone wall....
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Great Wall of China stretching forever into the distance (MICHEL / Adobe Stock) — 13 Jun 2022

Ancient Frontiers: Boundary, Defensive And Offensive Walls

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

Long before great city walls were raised, 10,000 years ago, early hunter-gather-fishers as well as emerging farmers, built the settlement of Jericho (West Bank, Palestine) using adobe mud bricks, enclosing their community with a strong stone wall....
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The near-symmetric pyramidal peak of the Matterhorn stands in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and at 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) high, this is one of the highest summits in Europe( Zacharie Grossen/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 06 Jun 2022

Equivocal Pyramids All Over The World

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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There is perhaps no shape on earth so thought-provoking and awe-inspiring as a pyramid, and so mystical was this geometric form perceived in antiquity, that it was adopted for the graves and grand tombs of powerful leaders. Beginning with the...
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The near-symmetric pyramidal peak of the Matterhorn stands in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and at 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) high, this is one of the highest summits in Europe( Zacharie Grossen/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 06 Jun 2022

Equivocal Pyramids All Over The World

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

1

There is perhaps no shape on earth so thought-provoking and awe-inspiring as a pyramid, and so mystical was this geometric form perceived in antiquity, that it was adopted for the graves and grand tombs of powerful leaders. Beginning with the...
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The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun — 24 May 2022

The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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‘The Sandman’ a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics from January 1989 to March 1996, is considered one of the very best modern insights into sleep and dreams in the ancient world. It is widely credited as one of the...
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The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun — 24 May 2022

The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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‘The Sandman’ a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics from January 1989 to March 1996, is considered one of the very best modern insights into sleep and dreams in the ancient world. It is widely credited as one of the...
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Baldr’s death by Odin is sitting in the middle of the Æsir by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckerberg. Yggdrasil and the three Norns can be seen in the background. (1817) Charlottenborg Palace (Public Domain) — 19 May 2022

Seidr Norse Magic And Noaidi Shamans Shaping Destinies

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Controlling outcomes, steering destiny and reversing fate in ancient times was all about spells and old-school hands-on magic. Practitioners in ancient Greek and Rome commonly used ‘binding spells’ to affect the outcomes of trade transactions,...
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Baldr’s death by Odin is sitting in the middle of the Æsir by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckerberg. Yggdrasil and the three Norns can be seen in the background. (1817) Charlottenborg Palace (Public Domain) — 19 May 2022

Seidr Norse Magic And Noaidi Shamans Shaping Destinies

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

Controlling outcomes, steering destiny and reversing fate in ancient times was all about spells and old-school hands-on magic. Practitioners in ancient Greek and Rome commonly used ‘binding spells’ to affect the outcomes of trade transactions,...
Read More

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