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Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare — 13 Aug 2021

Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Since prehistoric times when hunters tapped along to the rhythm of drips in caves and carved the first bone flutes and skin drums, music has always been an integral part of the hunt and warfare, where it serves a two-fold function. Not only was...
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Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare — 13 Aug 2021

Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Since prehistoric times when hunters tapped along to the rhythm of drips in caves and carved the first bone flutes and skin drums, music has always been an integral part of the hunt and warfare, where it serves a two-fold function. Not only was...
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Nazareth and Mary’s Well by Felix Bonfils, (1880) (Public Domain) — 11 Aug 2021

Life Of A First Century AD Rural Nazarene Versus A City Sepphorite

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Nazareth was inhabited since the Bronze Age, and pottery dating from 900-600 BC confirms an Iron Age settlement there, but the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian invasions turned the region into a wasteland. Villages were destroyed and the people...
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Nazareth and Mary’s Well by Felix Bonfils, (1880) (Public Domain) — 11 Aug 2021

Life Of A First Century AD Rural Nazarene Versus A City Sepphorite

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Nazareth was inhabited since the Bronze Age, and pottery dating from 900-600 BC confirms an Iron Age settlement there, but the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian invasions turned the region into a wasteland. Villages were destroyed and the people...
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Odalisque by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1882) (Public Domain) — 09 Aug 2021

Divine Queen Thea Musa, The Parthian Basilíssa

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The victory of the Parthians over the Roman General Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC is perhaps the single most significant event in Rome's engagement with Parthia. The loss of Roman standards associated with Crassus' campaign in 53 BC...
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Odalisque by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1882) (Public Domain) — 09 Aug 2021

Divine Queen Thea Musa, The Parthian Basilíssa

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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The victory of the Parthians over the Roman General Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC is perhaps the single most significant event in Rome's engagement with Parthia. The loss of Roman standards associated with Crassus' campaign in 53 BC...
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The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli (1781) (Public Domain) — 06 Aug 2021

Ancient Demonic Shadows Of Today's Alien Body Snatchers

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The demons that tormented the people of history were considered to be angels cast out of heaven for defying God, and similarly, today’s aliens are believed to come from distant, incomprehensible, realms in the universe. This raises the question:...
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The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli (1781) (Public Domain) — 06 Aug 2021

Ancient Demonic Shadows Of Today's Alien Body Snatchers

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The demons that tormented the people of history were considered to be angels cast out of heaven for defying God, and similarly, today’s aliens are believed to come from distant, incomprehensible, realms in the universe. This raises the question:...
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The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens (1604) National Gallery of Art (Public Domain) — 04 Aug 2021

Hippoi Athanatoi: Immortal Horses of the Gods And Heroes

By micki pistorius

Mythology & Mystery

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The gods of Olympus often procreated semi-divine children with morals, but not all of their offspring were human. Especially Poseidon, god of sea and horses, sired a lineage of immortal divine equines, the Hippoi Athanatoi, who in their turn...
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The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens (1604) National Gallery of Art (Public Domain) — 04 Aug 2021

Hippoi Athanatoi: Immortal Horses of the Gods And Heroes

By micki pistorius

Mythology & Mystery

1

The gods of Olympus often procreated semi-divine children with morals, but not all of their offspring were human. Especially Poseidon, god of sea and horses, sired a lineage of immortal divine equines, the Hippoi Athanatoi, who in their turn...
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Boab tree sunset near Derby, Western Australia (Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Aug 2021

Australia’s Enigmatic Boab Tree Seeding The Out-Of-Australia-Theory

By Philip Jamieson

History & Tradition

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The Out of Africa Theory is the dominant - though not only - model for the geographic origins and subsequent migration of modern humans. While it has been tweaked over time to generally now encompass multiple migrations from the African continent,...
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Boab tree sunset near Derby, Western Australia (Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Aug 2021

Australia’s Enigmatic Boab Tree Seeding The Out-Of-Australia-Theory

By Philip Jamieson

History & Tradition

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The Out of Africa Theory is the dominant - though not only - model for the geographic origins and subsequent migration of modern humans. While it has been tweaked over time to generally now encompass multiple migrations from the African continent,...
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The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama — 30 Jul 2021

The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Since the 14th century AD, Noh has been a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama. It is the oldest major theatre art form that is still performed on a regular basis to this day. Noh, which is written in late-middle Japanese, incorporates...
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The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama — 30 Jul 2021

The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Since the 14th century AD, Noh has been a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama. It is the oldest major theatre art form that is still performed on a regular basis to this day. Noh, which is written in late-middle Japanese, incorporates...
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A painting by Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist, depicting Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (1673) design by Anand N. Balaji (Public Domain); Deriv. — 28 Jul 2021

Alexander’s Indus Folly: Bizarre Search for the Source of the Nile in India

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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When the Macedonian monarch Alexander III, popularly known as Alexander the Great, arrived in the northwest of the larger Indian subcontinent in 327 BC following his conquest of the massive Achaemenid Empire of the Persians, he was astonished by...
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A painting by Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist, depicting Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (1673) design by Anand N. Balaji (Public Domain); Deriv. — 28 Jul 2021

Alexander’s Indus Folly: Bizarre Search for the Source of the Nile in India

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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When the Macedonian monarch Alexander III, popularly known as Alexander the Great, arrived in the northwest of the larger Indian subcontinent in 327 BC following his conquest of the massive Achaemenid Empire of the Persians, he was astonished by...
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Reconstruction of a Guanche settlement of Tenerife (CC BY-SA 3.0) and reconstructed face(Provided by author) Deriv. — 26 Jul 2021

The Face Of A Canary Island Guanche Woman, Reconstructing Ancestors

By Gustavo Sanchez...

Archaeology & Science

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The narratives of history relate the fates and dates of nameless, faceless people who came before us, often reduced only to numbers, but when forensic facial reconstruction puts a face to history, the personalized features tell a story of what it...
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Reconstruction of a Guanche settlement of Tenerife (CC BY-SA 3.0) and reconstructed face(Provided by author) Deriv. — 26 Jul 2021

The Face Of A Canary Island Guanche Woman, Reconstructing Ancestors

By Gustavo Sanchez...

Archaeology & Science

0

The narratives of history relate the fates and dates of nameless, faceless people who came before us, often reduced only to numbers, but when forensic facial reconstruction puts a face to history, the personalized features tell a story of what it...
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Sunset silhouette of Orford castle in Suffolk (Steve Mann / Adobe Stock) — 23 Jul 2021

Shuckland: Where Legends Haunt The Landscape

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Shuckland encompasses haunted landscapes where legends, folklore, history and even tales of villains and heroes (but mainly villains) seemed to permeate the very fabric of the place and imprint their presence on the terrain. The location, East...
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Sunset silhouette of Orford castle in Suffolk (Steve Mann / Adobe Stock) — 23 Jul 2021

Shuckland: Where Legends Haunt The Landscape

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

0

Shuckland encompasses haunted landscapes where legends, folklore, history and even tales of villains and heroes (but mainly villains) seemed to permeate the very fabric of the place and imprint their presence on the terrain. The location, East...
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