03 Aug 2020 Orion, Cygnus And The Mysteries Of The North Sky By jim willis Archaeology & Science 1 Of all the mysteries and forgotten wisdom of lost civilizations, perhaps the most profound examples are to be found in their study of the heavens. It is not that modern man lacks information about the cosmos today. Due to computer analysis and... Read More
31 Jul 2020 Grandfathers of Alchemy, Forefathers Of Chemistry By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 Alchemy is a word almost everyone has heard of, but few have ever committed more than a handful of hours trying to grasp what this heavily loaded symbolic word actually means, in its entirely. So often the interested are discouraged by the complex... Read More
29 Jul 2020 To Bee Or Not to Bee In The History Of Mankind By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 1 “Sì come schiera d'ape, che s'infiora /as a host of bees, which blooms” said Dante Alighieri in Paradiso, XXXI, v.7The Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the mythology of the Maya, tells how the bee was born from an 'universal beehive' that... Read More
27 Jul 2020 Sacred Islands Of Exotic Eastern Gods And Elixir Of The Immortals By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Classic works such as Odyssey by Homer, The Tempest by William Shakespeare and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe tell about mysterious distant islands. These islands are usually exotic and inaccessible homes to treasures, spirits and immortals -... Read More
24 Jul 2020 Which Mysterious Macedonian Royal Was Buried At Amphipolis? By Andrew Michael Chugg Archaeology & Science 0 Amphipolis is situated upon the eastern bank of the River Strymon about five kilometers (3.10 miles) inland from the northern shore of the Aegean Sea. In the time of Alexander the Great and his successors it was one of the greatest cities of... Read More
22 Jul 2020 Busakatsi Witchcraft in Africa: Religion Or Criminal Act By micki pistorius History & Tradition, Philosophy & Spirituality, Health & Well-being 0 The world is under the impression that the scourge of witch hunts came to an end in the 18th century. Cory was among the seven women and one man hanged as witches on September 22, 1692 in America and Anna Göldi was an 18th-century Swiss woman who... Read More
20 Jul 2020 The Deadliest Man Eaters In Mankind’s Evolutionary History By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 Humans are the most successful predator on the planet and stand sentinel at the spearhead of the planetary food chain, but this was not an achievement that came easy. Mankind’s ancestors had to fight and overcome some of the fiercest creatures... Read More
17 Jul 2020 The Missing Prince And The Missing Papyri By Calumy Archaeology & Science 3 A strange mystery baffled Egyptologists when opening the tombs of kings who had been laid to rest in The Valley of the Kings. In 1816 explorer Giovanni Belzoni had reached the far end of the valley when he came upon and opened a tomb which proved... Read More
15 Jul 2020 The Mystery of Gunung Padang, Java and the Cham By davidchildress Archaeology & Science 1 Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital and largest city, is a sprawling mass of cars, trucks, motorcycles and street vendors that can take hours to drive through. Jakarta is the gateway to the small town of Sukabumi in western Java and the strange ruins of... Read More
13 Jul 2020 The Birth Of Greekness And The Great Land Grab By Robin Waterfield History & Tradition 0 During the Archaic period in the eighth century BC, a tipping point was reached in Greece. Perhaps as a result of better nutrition and of changes in marriage practices, so that women married younger than they had before, the population increased... Read More