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Christopher Columbus before the Catholic Monarchs at the court of Barcelona (V. Turgis, 19th century ) (Public Domain) — 11 Jul 2022

Christopher Columbus Finding The New Jerusalem And King Solomon’s Ophir

By davidchildress

History & Tradition

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Cristobal Colón was born in mid-1460 as the illegitimate son of Prince Carlos (Charles IV) of Viana, Spain, and Margarita Colón, of a prominent Jewish family in the ghetto of the Island of Mallorca, near the village of Genova. He took on the...
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Christopher Columbus before the Catholic Monarchs at the court of Barcelona (V. Turgis, 19th century ) (Public Domain) — 11 Jul 2022

Christopher Columbus Finding The New Jerusalem And King Solomon’s Ophir

By davidchildress

History & Tradition

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Cristobal Colón was born in mid-1460 as the illegitimate son of Prince Carlos (Charles IV) of Viana, Spain, and Margarita Colón, of a prominent Jewish family in the ghetto of the Island of Mallorca, near the village of Genova. He took on the...
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Kaiser Wilhelm II Autocrat Or Pacifist In World War I? — 08 Jul 2022

Kaiser Wilhelm II Autocrat Or Pacifist In World War I?

By Dr Michael Arnheim

History & Tradition

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Was World War I inevitable? If so, when did it become so, and why? Contrary to general belief, the war could have been averted or prevented altogether had two of the crowned heads involved had more rather than less power over their own...
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Kaiser Wilhelm II Autocrat Or Pacifist In World War I? — 08 Jul 2022

Kaiser Wilhelm II Autocrat Or Pacifist In World War I?

By Dr Michael Arnheim

History & Tradition

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Was World War I inevitable? If so, when did it become so, and why? Contrary to general belief, the war could have been averted or prevented altogether had two of the crowned heads involved had more rather than less power over their own...
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The Perplexity Of The Villa Of Mysteries In Pompeii — 06 Jul 2022

The Perplexity Of The Villa Of Mysteries In Pompeii

By Dr Marion Dolan

Archaeology & Science

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The Villa of Mysteries was one of the most luxurious villas unearthed during the 1909-1911 excavations of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was buried in volcanic ash with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Miraculously this Roman...
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The Perplexity Of The Villa Of Mysteries In Pompeii — 06 Jul 2022

The Perplexity Of The Villa Of Mysteries In Pompeii

By Dr Marion Dolan

Archaeology & Science

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The Villa of Mysteries was one of the most luxurious villas unearthed during the 1909-1911 excavations of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was buried in volcanic ash with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Miraculously this Roman...
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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

History & Tradition

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Aristotle and Alexander the Great by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1754) (Public Domain) — 04 Jul 2022

The Problem With Labelling Alexander, The Macedonian King With A Mercurial Character

By david grant

History & Tradition

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‘It is a naive belief that the distant past can be recovered from written texts, but even the written evidence for Alexander is scarce and often peculiar,’ says Robin Lane Fox in Alexander the Great (2004). Over the centuries, historians have...
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Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. (Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Jul 2022

The Secret Identity Of Christopher Columbus: A Celtic-Jewish Spanish Pirate?

By davidchildress

History & Tradition

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The Christopher Columbus that everybody learns about in school may have been an entirely different person than is generally being taught. Columbus was a fascinating person, and the more one studies this incredible man, the more incredible his...
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Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a crowd of people, is about to embark on his ship, August 1492. (Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 01 Jul 2022

The Secret Identity Of Christopher Columbus: A Celtic-Jewish Spanish Pirate?

By davidchildress

History & Tradition

1

The Christopher Columbus that everybody learns about in school may have been an entirely different person than is generally being taught. Columbus was a fascinating person, and the more one studies this incredible man, the more incredible his...
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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

0

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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The Village Funeral by Daniel MacDonald (Public Domain) — 27 Jun 2022

Howling The Horror Of Loss: Keening And Death Lament Of The Irish

By David Halpin

Mythology & Mystery

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“Bríg came and keened for her son. At first she shrieked, in the end she wept. Then for the first time weeping and lamentation were heard in Ireland.” The quotation comes from the ancient Irish text, Lebor Gabála Érenn, or The Book of...
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The Village Funeral by Daniel MacDonald (Public Domain) — 27 Jun 2022

Howling The Horror Of Loss: Keening And Death Lament Of The Irish

By David Halpin

Mythology & Mystery

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“Bríg came and keened for her son. At first she shrieked, in the end she wept. Then for the first time weeping and lamentation were heard in Ireland.” The quotation comes from the ancient Irish text, Lebor Gabála Érenn, or The Book of...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
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Komainu pair: Edo period, 17th-18th century, wood, Honolulu Museum of Art accessions (CC0) — 24 Jun 2022

Komainu Hybrid Lion-Dog Protectors Of Asian Temples And Shrines

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

0

Tattoo art and designs, like virtually everything else in Japanese life, are often based on traditional beliefs or historical events. In fact, some of the most popular Japanese tattoo designs are of mythical creatures, like the komainu. Based on...
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Historic Pembroke Castle birthplace of King Henry VII, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK ( Marcin / Adobe Stock) — 22 Jun 2022

Pembroke Castle Revealing A Secret Of Henry VII’s Birthplace

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Situated on a high ridge between two tidal inlets in the south-west corner of Wales, Pembroke Castle, with its walls still standing sentinel after hundreds of years, dominates the landscape. These walls stand as silent witnesses to a narrative of...
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Historic Pembroke Castle birthplace of King Henry VII, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK ( Marcin / Adobe Stock) — 22 Jun 2022

Pembroke Castle Revealing A Secret Of Henry VII’s Birthplace

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Situated on a high ridge between two tidal inlets in the south-west corner of Wales, Pembroke Castle, with its walls still standing sentinel after hundreds of years, dominates the landscape. These walls stand as silent witnesses to a narrative of...
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Map of Sargon the Great’s Akkadian empire and his mask (Deriv) — 20 Jun 2022

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The Akkadian Empire, founded by Sargon the Great, was the very first empire the world had seen, established in ancient Mesopotamia in about 2370 BC. This empire was remembered as having been exceptionally great and powerful, with great epic tales...
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Map of Sargon the Great’s Akkadian empire and his mask (Deriv) — 20 Jun 2022

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The Akkadian Empire, founded by Sargon the Great, was the very first empire the world had seen, established in ancient Mesopotamia in about 2370 BC. This empire was remembered as having been exceptionally great and powerful, with great epic tales...
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