04 Mar 2024 Still Searching Aztec Montezuma’s Lost Treasure By jim willis History & Tradition 0 The missing gold of Montezuma, ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire was buried by the Aztecs, the Utes protected it, the Spanish killed for it, and the Mormons looted it, but is the bulk of it still out there? On November 18, 1519, Spanish... Read More
01 Mar 2024 Hidden Monoliths Beneath Sacsayhuaman Point To Lost Civilization By Camille M Sauvé Archaeology & Science 0 Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, located above the ancient city of Cusco in Peru, hides a secret. Hidden beneath the archaeological sites are some very strange and beautiful stone vestiges, many taking the form of large stone monoliths,... Read More
28 Feb 2024 Cleopatra Selene, Serene Queen of Mauritania By Mary Naples History & Tradition 0 The only child of Cleopatra and Marc Antony’s to reach adulthood, Queen Cleopatra Selene (40 BC- 5 BC) of Mauretania was one of the most important women of the Augustan age— exceptional in and of itself considering the animosity in Rome against... Read More
26 Feb 2024 Minos Taurus The Bull Of Knossos By Stephen Palmer Mythology & Mystery 0 I am the bull of Knossos, where rich Minoans live amidst painted splendour. On the island of Crete I am surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, by mountains and plains, by bronze, by plaster, by amphorae of wine. On the extensive fresco painted upon a... Read More
23 Feb 2024 Tragic Coriolanus, Roman Warrior Or Traitor By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 William Shakespeare’s Roman play Antony and Cleopatra impresses upon the audience a vast universe which includes Rome, Alexandria, and Athens. In contrast, his other Roman play, Coriolanus, is limited to the little universe of Ancient Rome before... Read More
21 Feb 2024 The Byzantine Emperors 395 – 491 AD By Mario Bartolini History & Tradition 0 The Byzantine Emperors witnessed the disintegration of the western Roman Empire which did not survive past the fifth century. Contrary to the latter, the Byzantine Empire would subsist the successive waves of Germanic invasions to endure for... Read More
19 Feb 2024 Ancient Greek Theophanies, Ghosts And Hallucinations By Robert Garland Mythology & Mystery 0 Gods and goddesses revealed themselves rather remarkably often to the privileged and chosen ancient Greeks, even if it was in disguise to hide their blinding brilliance. Like English, Greek did not make a linguistic distinction between the optical... Read More
16 Feb 2024 Grand Alliances: The Anglo-French War 1294 – 1303 By David Pilling History & Tradition 0 In 1294, after almost 30 years of peace, England and France went to war. This sowed the seeds of the conflict known as the Hundred Years War, the era of the longbow and the famous Battles of Crécy and Agincourt. Despite a string of English... Read More
14 Feb 2024 Unlawful Love - Queen Anne Boleyn – Witch or Not? By Sylvia Barbara ... History & Tradition 0 Queen Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife, was executed on 19 May 1536 on charges of adultery with five men, including her own brother, and plotting the King’s death. She was believed to have practiced “unlawful love” or witchcraft... Read More
12 Feb 2024 Nibelungs – Germanic Race Of Elves Or Giants? By Willem McLoud Mythology & Mystery 0 The Nibelungs are one of the most mysterious peoples of the ancient world. Some scholars regard them as a race of dwarfs or elves. On the other hand, their close identification with giants suggests that they may have been viewed as die scions of a... Read More