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(Image: ©Alistair Coombs. Scorpius constellation Arote/AdobeStock;Deriv.) — 06 May 2020

Göbekli Tepe: Enoch’s ‘Art of Building’ Hidden in the Bowels of the Earth

By jim willis

History & Tradition

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From its initial discovery in 1994, ancient Anatolia's Göbekli Tepe has closely guarded a mysterious secret. Although the secret has been scrutinized and probed in great detail, the answer still remains elusive. Could it relate to Enoch’s stone...
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(Image: ©Alistair Coombs. Scorpius constellation Arote/AdobeStock;Deriv.) — 06 May 2020

Göbekli Tepe: Enoch’s ‘Art of Building’ Hidden in the Bowels of the Earth

By jim willis

History & Tradition

1

From its initial discovery in 1994, ancient Anatolia's Göbekli Tepe has closely guarded a mysterious secret. Although the secret has been scrutinized and probed in great detail, the answer still remains elusive. Could it relate to Enoch’s stone...
Read More

Still life with Bible by Vincent van Gogh (1885) Van Gogh Museum (Public Domain) — 15 Apr 2020

Who Wrote The Bible?

By jim willis

History & Tradition

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Considering the fact that the Bible is the bestselling book of all time with several copies in many homes, one would get diverse responses to the question: Who wrote the Bible? Many Jews, Christians, and Muslims will answer, ‘God’. Others will...
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Still life with Bible by Vincent van Gogh (1885) Van Gogh Museum (Public Domain) — 15 Apr 2020

Who Wrote The Bible?

By jim willis

History & Tradition

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Considering the fact that the Bible is the bestselling book of all time with several copies in many homes, one would get diverse responses to the question: Who wrote the Bible? Many Jews, Christians, and Muslims will answer, ‘God’. Others will...
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Ancient Site of Gobekli Tepe in SanliUrfa, Turkey, The Oldest Temple of the World. (Haluk/ Adobe Stock) — 03 Apr 2020

Göbekli Tepe, Birth of Civilization and Religion

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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Before the invention of pottery, before the birth of agriculture, before the advent of what is now called civilization, there was Göbekli Tepe. In one of the most stunning archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, indeed, perhaps of all...
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Ancient Site of Gobekli Tepe in SanliUrfa, Turkey, The Oldest Temple of the World. (Haluk/ Adobe Stock) — 03 Apr 2020

Göbekli Tepe, Birth of Civilization and Religion

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

0

Before the invention of pottery, before the birth of agriculture, before the advent of what is now called civilization, there was Göbekli Tepe. In one of the most stunning archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, indeed, perhaps of all...
Read More

Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden (1437) Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0) — 16 Mar 2020

Lessons from the Masters Siddharta, K’Ung Ch’iu and the Old Man

By jim willis

History & Tradition

1

One version of an old story has it that when Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born, a local priest visited the family compound and prophesied that the young man would grow up to be either an emperor or a Buddha, an Enlightened One. Quite naturally,...
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Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden (1437) Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0) — 16 Mar 2020

Lessons from the Masters Siddharta, K’Ung Ch’iu and the Old Man

By jim willis

History & Tradition

1

One version of an old story has it that when Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born, a local priest visited the family compound and prophesied that the young man would grow up to be either an emperor or a Buddha, an Enlightened One. Quite naturally,...
Read More

Çatalhöyük after the first excavations. (Omar hoftun/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 02 Mar 2020

Turkey’s Catalhöyük: A Victim of Climate Change

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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These days, the dusty, sunbaked ruins of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey do not receive a lot of attention, except from tourists and archaeologists, but around 9,000 to 7,000 years ago it was a busy, bustling, Neolithic metropolis, boasting a...
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Çatalhöyük after the first excavations. (Omar hoftun/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 02 Mar 2020

Turkey’s Catalhöyük: A Victim of Climate Change

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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These days, the dusty, sunbaked ruins of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey do not receive a lot of attention, except from tourists and archaeologists, but around 9,000 to 7,000 years ago it was a busy, bustling, Neolithic metropolis, boasting a...
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From the royal tombs of Ur, the Standard of Ur mosaic, made of lapis lazuli and shell, shows peacetime. (Public Domain) — 26 Feb 2020

Changing History: The Ferris Wheel of Lost Civilizations

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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Although history textbooks often present information as if it is set in stone and firmly established, recent research into ancient civilization reveals one embarrassing fact that continuously seems to elude expert analysis. Simply put, no one...
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From the royal tombs of Ur, the Standard of Ur mosaic, made of lapis lazuli and shell, shows peacetime. (Public Domain) — 26 Feb 2020

Changing History: The Ferris Wheel of Lost Civilizations

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

0

Although history textbooks often present information as if it is set in stone and firmly established, recent research into ancient civilization reveals one embarrassing fact that continuously seems to elude expert analysis. Simply put, no one...
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Tahitian warrior dugouts, by Giulio Ferrario. (1827) (Public Domain) — 21 Feb 2020

Pre-Historic Island Hopping ‘Hobbits’ in the South Pacific

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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Although New Zealand and the Philippines are separated by more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km), the stories of how people first migrated to them, and how those stories were treated by scholars, show clearly that, in the words of the poet Bob Dylan,...
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Tahitian warrior dugouts, by Giulio Ferrario. (1827) (Public Domain) — 21 Feb 2020

Pre-Historic Island Hopping ‘Hobbits’ in the South Pacific

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

1

Although New Zealand and the Philippines are separated by more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km), the stories of how people first migrated to them, and how those stories were treated by scholars, show clearly that, in the words of the poet Bob Dylan,...
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Universe Explosion (Gerd Altmann/CC0) — 13 Feb 2020

From Pigeon Poop to the Origin of the Universe

By jim willis

History & Tradition

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The term, ‘Big Bang’ was coined by the English astronomer and cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1949. But when he first employed it, during a BBC radio broadcast on astronomy, it was meant to be derisive in nature. At that time in his life Hoyle...
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Universe Explosion (Gerd Altmann/CC0) — 13 Feb 2020

From Pigeon Poop to the Origin of the Universe

By jim willis

History & Tradition

0

The term, ‘Big Bang’ was coined by the English astronomer and cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1949. But when he first employed it, during a BBC radio broadcast on astronomy, it was meant to be derisive in nature. At that time in his life Hoyle...
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Colorful hot air balloons flying over Red valley in Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey (Svetlana Nikolaeva/ Adobe Stock) — 03 Feb 2020

Who Built This City? Underground Derinkuyu, and the Rock Churches of Göreme

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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Could the underground cities in Cappadocia, Turkey date back to 12,800 years ago? In 1963, so the story goes, a man living in Cappadocia excavated some large stones from his basement while renovating his house. Behind them he found an ancient...
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Colorful hot air balloons flying over Red valley in Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey (Svetlana Nikolaeva/ Adobe Stock) — 03 Feb 2020

Who Built This City? Underground Derinkuyu, and the Rock Churches of Göreme

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

1

Could the underground cities in Cappadocia, Turkey date back to 12,800 years ago? In 1963, so the story goes, a man living in Cappadocia excavated some large stones from his basement while renovating his house. Behind them he found an ancient...
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Galata Bridge, ca. 1895 (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 06 Jan 2020

Istanbul: Gateway to History, Memory and Magic

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

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For a moment, if one could conjure up in one’s mind's eye Istanbul, a city of magic, mystery, strategic geographical importance, and historic consequence: Standing on the Galata Bridge, facing north, one gazes in the direction of the Black Sea,...
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Galata Bridge, ca. 1895 (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 06 Jan 2020

Istanbul: Gateway to History, Memory and Magic

By jim willis

Archaeology & Science

0

For a moment, if one could conjure up in one’s mind's eye Istanbul, a city of magic, mystery, strategic geographical importance, and historic consequence: Standing on the Galata Bridge, facing north, one gazes in the direction of the Black Sea,...
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