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Templi megalitici di Mnajdra (Alecastorina93/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 07 Jun 2019

Malta, Shrouded in Megalithic Mystery

By elyn aviva

Archaeology & Science

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The crowd waited expectantly at Malta’s ancient Mnajdra Temple for the spring equinox sun to peek out from behind a nearby hill. Suddenly the sun broke through the low-lying morning mist. Warmed by its light, the honey-colored limestone walls of...
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Templi megalitici di Mnajdra (Alecastorina93/ CC BY-SA 3.0) — 07 Jun 2019

Malta, Shrouded in Megalithic Mystery

By elyn aviva

Archaeology & Science

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The crowd waited expectantly at Malta’s ancient Mnajdra Temple for the spring equinox sun to peek out from behind a nearby hill. Suddenly the sun broke through the low-lying morning mist. Warmed by its light, the honey-colored limestone walls of...
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Antikythera Mechanism - National Archaeological Museum, Athens by Joy of Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 05 Jun 2019

The Antikythera Mechanism: Who Designed the World’s Oldest Astronomical Computer?

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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Since its discovery in a shipwreck near Greece in 1900, an ancient metallic astronomical clock, called the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ still baffles scientists. Research articles on the clock offer loose context for what the device is and what is...
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Antikythera Mechanism - National Archaeological Museum, Athens by Joy of Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 05 Jun 2019

The Antikythera Mechanism: Who Designed the World’s Oldest Astronomical Computer?

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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Since its discovery in a shipwreck near Greece in 1900, an ancient metallic astronomical clock, called the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ still baffles scientists. Research articles on the clock offer loose context for what the device is and what is...
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Pope Formoso and Stephen VI by Jean-Paul Laurens (1870) (Public Domain) — 03 Jun 2019

Synodus Horrenda: The Macabre Trial of the Corpse of Pope Formoso

By Roberto Volterri

History & Tradition

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In AD 897 the holy space of the Basilica of St John of Lateran, Rome, was violated by a truly sinister event inside the dark walls of the house of God. In the august presence of the Emperor Lamberto of Spoleto, Pope Stephen VI and the judicial...
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Pope Formoso and Stephen VI by Jean-Paul Laurens (1870) (Public Domain) — 03 Jun 2019

Synodus Horrenda: The Macabre Trial of the Corpse of Pope Formoso

By Roberto Volterri

History & Tradition

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In AD 897 the holy space of the Basilica of St John of Lateran, Rome, was violated by a truly sinister event inside the dark walls of the house of God. In the august presence of the Emperor Lamberto of Spoleto, Pope Stephen VI and the judicial...
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A pair of wooden shiziguo type lions decorated with gilt and polychrome. The female has a cub, symbolizing a happy family. Chinese, early Ching Dynasty (Image: © Walther G. von Krenner) — 01 Jun 2019

Chinese Lion Kings: Winged Lions, Foo Dogs and Gaimei

By Ken Jeremiah

Mythology & Mystery

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The King of the Beasts triumphs in Chinese mythology, albeit in many shapes and forms. Chinese artists combined different creatures’ attributes to create a composite beast, which they called pixiu (pi-hsieh). The term is commonly used to refer...
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A pair of wooden shiziguo type lions decorated with gilt and polychrome. The female has a cub, symbolizing a happy family. Chinese, early Ching Dynasty (Image: © Walther G. von Krenner) — 01 Jun 2019

Chinese Lion Kings: Winged Lions, Foo Dogs and Gaimei

By Ken Jeremiah

Mythology & Mystery

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The King of the Beasts triumphs in Chinese mythology, albeit in many shapes and forms. Chinese artists combined different creatures’ attributes to create a composite beast, which they called pixiu (pi-hsieh). The term is commonly used to refer...
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Lower right part of the three-sided border: an archer shooting at a dragon, and a grotesque, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor. (circa 1315-1325)France, N. (Picardy) (Public Domain) — 29 May 2019

The Twisted Phenomena and Strange Features of Medieval Art

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Why would knights be fighting snails? Medieval art is a complex weave of surreal, bizarre and sometimes disturbing imagery and artists took creative license to a whole new experimental level. With increased global traveling, reports of bizarre...
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Lower right part of the three-sided border: an archer shooting at a dragon, and a grotesque, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor. (circa 1315-1325)France, N. (Picardy) (Public Domain) — 29 May 2019

The Twisted Phenomena and Strange Features of Medieval Art

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Why would knights be fighting snails? Medieval art is a complex weave of surreal, bizarre and sometimes disturbing imagery and artists took creative license to a whole new experimental level. With increased global traveling, reports of bizarre...
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Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs' by Luca Giordano, The Hermitage (Public Domain) — 27 May 2019

Half-Human Half-Beasts Love and Lust in Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Half-human half-beast creatures are found loving and lusting, warring and whoring in myths and legends of nearly every, if not all, cultures in the world. Although many of them made their debut in stories from ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt,...
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Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs' by Luca Giordano, The Hermitage (Public Domain) — 27 May 2019

Half-Human Half-Beasts Love and Lust in Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Half-human half-beast creatures are found loving and lusting, warring and whoring in myths and legends of nearly every, if not all, cultures in the world. Although many of them made their debut in stories from ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt,...
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The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World, painted by Pieter Breugel the elder (1559) Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. (Public Domain) — 24 May 2019

Dirty Dark Secrets Behind Ancient Fairy Tales

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Presumed innocent, yet dirty dark secrets are imbedded in the bedtime stories told to children. Fairy tales are magical narratives that pervade the young minds of children so deeply, leaving imprints on their subconscious that can mold their...
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The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World, painted by Pieter Breugel the elder (1559) Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. (Public Domain) — 24 May 2019

Dirty Dark Secrets Behind Ancient Fairy Tales

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Presumed innocent, yet dirty dark secrets are imbedded in the bedtime stories told to children. Fairy tales are magical narratives that pervade the young minds of children so deeply, leaving imprints on their subconscious that can mold their...
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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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Cicero proudly shows his discovery of the 'Tomb of Archimedes' by Martin Knoller (1775) (Public Domain) — 20 May 2019

The Tomb of Archimedes, Genius of Syracuse, Concealed by a Naiad

By Roberto Volterri

History & Tradition

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First century AD Roman statesman and orator, Cicero’s claim that he had found Archimedes’ tomb may be refuted. In Greek mythology Ciane is a freshwater nymph, who tried to save Persephone from being abducted by Hades, god of the underworld....
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Cicero proudly shows his discovery of the 'Tomb of Archimedes' by Martin Knoller (1775) (Public Domain) — 20 May 2019

The Tomb of Archimedes, Genius of Syracuse, Concealed by a Naiad

By Roberto Volterri

History & Tradition

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First century AD Roman statesman and orator, Cicero’s claim that he had found Archimedes’ tomb may be refuted. In Greek mythology Ciane is a freshwater nymph, who tried to save Persephone from being abducted by Hades, god of the underworld....
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Panoramic view from the summit of the Pyramid of the Moon, with the Pyramid of the Sun on the far left (Rene Trohs / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 17 May 2019

Orion: Archaeoastronomy Inspiration for the Pyramids of Giza and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan

By Roberto Volterri

Archaeology & Science

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As ancient Egyptian architects gazed up at the night sky and built the three pyramids of Giza based on the celestial plan of the Constellation of Orion, so millennia apart and at the other side of the world, in Mexico at Teotihuacan, architects...
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Panoramic view from the summit of the Pyramid of the Moon, with the Pyramid of the Sun on the far left (Rene Trohs / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 17 May 2019

Orion: Archaeoastronomy Inspiration for the Pyramids of Giza and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan

By Roberto Volterri

Archaeology & Science

2

As ancient Egyptian architects gazed up at the night sky and built the three pyramids of Giza based on the celestial plan of the Constellation of Orion, so millennia apart and at the other side of the world, in Mexico at Teotihuacan, architects...
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