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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

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Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder — 15 Aug 2019

Running the Family Business of the Roman Empire: Augustus the Founder

By Barry Strauss

History & Tradition, Family & Relationships

2

Over three and a half centuries the Roman Empire - as seen through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors - gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. Over the ages the emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian,...
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Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi (1620) (Public Domain) — 14 Aug 2019

Calling Commander Deborah and Callous Jael to Defeat the Canaanites

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Of the multitude of wars and battles, whether based on individuals seeking revenge, vendettas, or conflicts that unify or partially unify a nation, the Biblical allegory of Deborah is indeed a story that, as the author Richard Gabriel puts it, is...
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Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi (1620) (Public Domain) — 14 Aug 2019

Calling Commander Deborah and Callous Jael to Defeat the Canaanites

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

Of the multitude of wars and battles, whether based on individuals seeking revenge, vendettas, or conflicts that unify or partially unify a nation, the Biblical allegory of Deborah is indeed a story that, as the author Richard Gabriel puts it, is...
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Landscape with Birds by Roelant Savery (1628) Kunsthistorisches Museum (Public Domain) — 12 Aug 2019

The Sacred and Ancient Legacy of our Feathered Friends

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Although lions, tigers and other ferocious man-eaters were hunted and subsequently ritualized by shamans who attempted to internalize the energy of these different animals, throughout the ages birds of all shapes and sizes also played central roles...
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Landscape with Birds by Roelant Savery (1628) Kunsthistorisches Museum (Public Domain) — 12 Aug 2019

The Sacred and Ancient Legacy of our Feathered Friends

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

Although lions, tigers and other ferocious man-eaters were hunted and subsequently ritualized by shamans who attempted to internalize the energy of these different animals, throughout the ages birds of all shapes and sizes also played central roles...
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Harbor view of the island of Ponza (Marja /Adobe Stock) — 09 Aug 2019

The Curious Roman Cult of the Moray Eel on the Island of Ponza

By Roberto Volterri

Archaeology & Science

1

A mysterious cult in which moray eels decided the fate of men existed on Ponza island, in the Tyrrhenian sea off the coast of Italy, during the first century AD at the so-called ‘Caves of Pilate’. "They ran the delicate moray eels to eat the...
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Harbor view of the island of Ponza (Marja /Adobe Stock) — 09 Aug 2019

The Curious Roman Cult of the Moray Eel on the Island of Ponza

By Roberto Volterri

Archaeology & Science

1

A mysterious cult in which moray eels decided the fate of men existed on Ponza island, in the Tyrrhenian sea off the coast of Italy, during the first century AD at the so-called ‘Caves of Pilate’. "They ran the delicate moray eels to eat the...
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The Norrie's Law hoard. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (Mike Peel / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 07 Aug 2019

Ancient Gold Hoards of the Celtic El Dorado

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The legendary lost city of gold, El Dorado, has drawn over 500 formal treasure recovery teams to South America over the last 500 years and over 3,000 people have been lost searching for ancient golden goblets and sun disks, and while the jungles of...
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The Norrie's Law hoard. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (Mike Peel / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 07 Aug 2019

Ancient Gold Hoards of the Celtic El Dorado

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The legendary lost city of gold, El Dorado, has drawn over 500 formal treasure recovery teams to South America over the last 500 years and over 3,000 people have been lost searching for ancient golden goblets and sun disks, and while the jungles of...
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The Osirion temple at Abydos, Egypt (Konstantin /Adobe Stock) — 05 Aug 2019

The True Age of the Osirion at Abydos, an Antediluvian Temple

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

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By 5400 BC Abydos in Egypt was a thriving city, and 2,000 years later pre-dynastic pharaohs were still building shrines, temples and mortuaries at the site. Seti I added his own masterpiece in the 13th century BC, an elegant temple featuring a...
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The Osirion temple at Abydos, Egypt (Konstantin /Adobe Stock) — 05 Aug 2019

The True Age of the Osirion at Abydos, an Antediluvian Temple

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

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By 5400 BC Abydos in Egypt was a thriving city, and 2,000 years later pre-dynastic pharaohs were still building shrines, temples and mortuaries at the site. Seti I added his own masterpiece in the 13th century BC, an elegant temple featuring a...
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Saint Columba converting King Brude of the Picts to Christianity by William Hole (1899) (Public Domain) — 02 Aug 2019

The End is Nigh, Scotland’s Magic Isle of Salvation

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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A curious Old Gaelic prophecy is listed in the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, January 1853, which originated in the west coast of Scotland or Ireland and its meaning has eluded explanation for over 1,000 years. However, a chink in its armor offers...
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Saint Columba converting King Brude of the Picts to Christianity by William Hole (1899) (Public Domain) — 02 Aug 2019

The End is Nigh, Scotland’s Magic Isle of Salvation

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

A curious Old Gaelic prophecy is listed in the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, January 1853, which originated in the west coast of Scotland or Ireland and its meaning has eluded explanation for over 1,000 years. However, a chink in its armor offers...
Read More

Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano, Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice (circa 1660) (Public Domain) — 31 Jul 2019

Sorcery at the Vatican: The Papacy’s Seven Deadly Sinners

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

2

Mention ‘the Pope’ today and the image it immediately summons up for many people is of a saintly old man standing on a balcony in Rome blessing the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square (technically the Piazza San Pietro) and calling for peace...
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Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano, Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice (circa 1660) (Public Domain) — 31 Jul 2019

Sorcery at the Vatican: The Papacy’s Seven Deadly Sinners

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

2

Mention ‘the Pope’ today and the image it immediately summons up for many people is of a saintly old man standing on a balcony in Rome blessing the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square (technically the Piazza San Pietro) and calling for peace...
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Departure of the Israelites, by David Roberts (1829) (Public Domain) — 29 Jul 2019

Exodus: Which Way Did Moses Choose And Why?

By tedloukes

Archaeology & Science

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The actuality of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt has probably generated the most discussion and argument among scholars of Biblical times. Various sources recount that the Israelites were settled in the land of Rameses, also called...
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Departure of the Israelites, by David Roberts (1829) (Public Domain) — 29 Jul 2019

Exodus: Which Way Did Moses Choose And Why?

By tedloukes

Archaeology & Science

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The actuality of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt has probably generated the most discussion and argument among scholars of Biblical times. Various sources recount that the Israelites were settled in the land of Rameses, also called...
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The Harrowing of Hell by Jacob van Swanenburgh (1571–1638) (Public Domain) — 26 Jul 2019

Geographic Gateways to the Underworld

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Ancient civilizations, including the Indian Hindu traditions, blended astronomical observations with religious and spiritual beliefs. The Orion constellation was where the vernal equinox was stated to occur, and the Milky Way and...
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The Harrowing of Hell by Jacob van Swanenburgh (1571–1638) (Public Domain) — 26 Jul 2019

Geographic Gateways to the Underworld

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

Ancient civilizations, including the Indian Hindu traditions, blended astronomical observations with religious and spiritual beliefs. The Orion constellation was where the vernal equinox was stated to occur, and the Milky Way and...
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