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Mamaconas or nun’s enclosure at Pachacamac ( Caio/ Adobe Stock) — 06 Sep 2023

Revisiting The Oracle Of Pachacamac In Peru

*By Dr Richard Marranca*

*Archaeology & Science*

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Since ancient times, ubiquitous to various cultures, humankind has sought to overcome that which they cannot control, such as healing mysterious afflictions and trying to predict the veiled future, by undertaking pilgrimages to consult oracles. ...
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Depiction of Areopagus (Athenian governing council) with Acropolis in the background by Leo von Klenze (1846) (Public Domain) — 28 Jul 2023

True Democracy? Oligarchy Versus Ochlokratia In Athens

*By Dr Richard Marranca*

*History & Tradition*

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If what is taken to matter most is the power of decision-making, and, as part of that, the power to call executive office-holders to account by judicial or other means, then the first democracy properly so called anywhere in the world was that of...
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Dr Richard Marranca's blog

Revisiting The Oracle Of Pachacamac In Peru

True Democracy? Oligarchy Versus Ochlokratia In Athens