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Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture — 28 Nov 2016

Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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The idea since ancient times that it was men solely who were engaged in war is so common that it has become somewhat of a cliché. The vision of heavily armed men has become so associated with the art of war that—despite the evidence throughout...
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Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture — 28 Nov 2016

Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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The idea since ancient times that it was men solely who were engaged in war is so common that it has become somewhat of a cliché. The vision of heavily armed men has become so associated with the art of war that—despite the evidence throughout...
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Bloody Hunts and War Games of the Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part II — 25 Nov 2016

Bloody Hunts and War Games of the Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Genghis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire rarely needs an introduction, but it is crucial in understanding how he gained his place in history by examining the Mongol military organization he pieced together to become one the world’s...
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Bloody Hunts and War Games of the Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part II — 25 Nov 2016

Bloody Hunts and War Games of the Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Genghis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire rarely needs an introduction, but it is crucial in understanding how he gained his place in history by examining the Mongol military organization he pieced together to become one the world’s...
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Joining the Vast, Insatiable Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part I — 23 Nov 2016

Joining the Vast, Insatiable Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Genghis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire rarely needs an introduction, but it is crucial in understanding how he gained his place in history by examining the Mongol military organization he pieced together to become one the world’s...
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Joining the Vast, Insatiable Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part I — 23 Nov 2016

Joining the Vast, Insatiable Armies of Khan: The Mongol Military – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Genghis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire rarely needs an introduction, but it is crucial in understanding how he gained his place in history by examining the Mongol military organization he pieced together to become one the world’s...
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Seers, Women of Action: The Sibyls of the Ancient World — 21 Nov 2016

Seers, Women of Action: The Sibyls of the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Virgil, in his Aeneid, describes Deiphobe, better known as the Sibyl of Cumae, as coming from “a hundred perforations in the rock, a hundred mouths from which the many utterances rush” (43-5, 163). He further describes “her terrifying...
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Seers, Women of Action: The Sibyls of the Ancient World — 21 Nov 2016

Seers, Women of Action: The Sibyls of the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Virgil, in his Aeneid, describes Deiphobe, better known as the Sibyl of Cumae, as coming from “a hundred perforations in the rock, a hundred mouths from which the many utterances rush” (43-5, 163). He further describes “her terrifying...
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The Golden Stick: Cuzco’s Divine Foundation Myth and The Scientific Connections — 18 Nov 2016

The Golden Stick: Cuzco’s Divine Foundation Myth and The Scientific Connections

By Armando Mei

Archaeology & Science

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Tahuantinsuyo, in ancient Quechua language, is the name indicating the Inca Empire, one of the largest of the South American continent, much more than the Aztec and Maya Empire. In 1532 BC, the Inca Kings ruled over a geographical region including...
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The Golden Stick: Cuzco’s Divine Foundation Myth and The Scientific Connections — 18 Nov 2016

The Golden Stick: Cuzco’s Divine Foundation Myth and The Scientific Connections

By Armando Mei

Archaeology & Science

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Tahuantinsuyo, in ancient Quechua language, is the name indicating the Inca Empire, one of the largest of the South American continent, much more than the Aztec and Maya Empire. In 1532 BC, the Inca Kings ruled over a geographical region including...
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Shamanic Explorations of Supernatural Realms: Cave Art - The Earliest Folklore — 16 Nov 2016

Shamanic Explorations of Supernatural Realms: Cave Art - The Earliest Folklore

By nrushton

Archaeology & Science

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“The neuropsychological and ethnographic evidence that I have adduced strongly suggests that, in these subterranean images, we have an ancient and unusually explicit expression of a complex shamanic experience that is informed by altered states...
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Shamanic Explorations of Supernatural Realms: Cave Art - The Earliest Folklore — 16 Nov 2016

Shamanic Explorations of Supernatural Realms: Cave Art - The Earliest Folklore

By nrushton

Archaeology & Science

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“The neuropsychological and ethnographic evidence that I have adduced strongly suggests that, in these subterranean images, we have an ancient and unusually explicit expression of a complex shamanic experience that is informed by altered states...
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Twins, Kings and Horses: Symbols of the Divine Twins in Ancient Mythology — 14 Nov 2016

Twins, Kings and Horses: Symbols of the Divine Twins in Ancient Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The ancient figures of the “Divine Twins” are recognizable throughout the world with minor variations of the same themes. They are usually depicted as the sons of the Sky God, or even having dual paternity – one twin from a human father and...
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Twins, Kings and Horses: Symbols of the Divine Twins in Ancient Mythology — 14 Nov 2016

Twins, Kings and Horses: Symbols of the Divine Twins in Ancient Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The ancient figures of the “Divine Twins” are recognizable throughout the world with minor variations of the same themes. They are usually depicted as the sons of the Sky God, or even having dual paternity – one twin from a human father and...
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The Egyptian Judicial System: Robust Pillar of Empire — 11 Nov 2016

The Egyptian Judicial System: Robust Pillar of Empire

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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Down the millennia, right from the hoary Narmer Palette to the grand reliefs on the walls of the magnificent temples of Ramesses II and that of later rulers; Egyptian artistic canon depicted the classic and symbolic ‘smiting’ pose in which the...
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The Egyptian Judicial System: Robust Pillar of Empire — 11 Nov 2016

The Egyptian Judicial System: Robust Pillar of Empire

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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Down the millennia, right from the hoary Narmer Palette to the grand reliefs on the walls of the magnificent temples of Ramesses II and that of later rulers; Egyptian artistic canon depicted the classic and symbolic ‘smiting’ pose in which the...
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Features The Return of the Crusader by Karl Friedrich Lessing (Public Domain), and an illustration from Jack the Giant Killer (Public Domain) — 09 Nov 2016

Tom Hickathrift - the Crusader who became Jack the Giant Killer

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Many of you will be familiar with the legend or fairy-tale of Jack the Giant Killer and, in England, the popular Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. But, Jack is a relatively recent invention, first recorded in pamphlets and chapbooks in...
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Features The Return of the Crusader by Karl Friedrich Lessing (Public Domain), and an illustration from Jack the Giant Killer (Public Domain) — 09 Nov 2016

Tom Hickathrift - the Crusader who became Jack the Giant Killer

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

1

Many of you will be familiar with the legend or fairy-tale of Jack the Giant Killer and, in England, the popular Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. But, Jack is a relatively recent invention, first recorded in pamphlets and chapbooks in...
Read More

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Sieges on Kingdoms – Part 2 — 07 Nov 2016

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Sieges on Kingdoms – Part 2

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The storm was on the horizon and it was time to pay financially, for King Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver (about 37 tons, or 34 metric tons, of silver) to Tiglath-pileser by extracting 50 shekels from each wealthy man. An enormous 60,000...
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The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Sieges on Kingdoms – Part 2 — 07 Nov 2016

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Sieges on Kingdoms – Part 2

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

The storm was on the horizon and it was time to pay financially, for King Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver (about 37 tons, or 34 metric tons, of silver) to Tiglath-pileser by extracting 50 shekels from each wealthy man. An enormous 60,000...
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