08 May 2023 Big Cats For The Fat Cats Of Ancient Rome By Caroline Freema... History & Tradition 0 Emperor Caracalla kept a favorite lion, Acinaces, as a pet, but not all Romans’ obsession for big feline predators boded well for the animals. “It is believed that a dying lion bites the earth and surrenders a tear upon its death” wrote the... Read More
05 May 2023 King Charles III’ Coronation, Tradition, Pomp And Ceremony By Dr Michael Arnheim History & Tradition 0 Britain is in the grip of Coronation fever – for the first time in 70 years. Commemorative coins, medallions and mugs are everywhere. And there are endless discussions by supposed experts on the pageantry, the procedure, the regalia, the... Read More
03 May 2023 The Fall of the Leaf: Mary Tudor’s Seasonal Depression By Sylvia Barbara ... History & Tradition, Health & Well-being 0 Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon was not a happy person. When Mary Tudor's health is discussed, it is usually her phantom pregnancies that are so often highlighted. However, primary source material makes it... Read More
28 Apr 2023 The Shadowy Kingdom Of Gewissae, Britain’s First Kings By Jake Leigh-Howarth History & Tradition 1 Gewissae was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that ruled much of southern Britain from the fifth to the seventh centuries as the island began forging a new identity in the aftermath of Roman occupation. Beginning with the fabled reign of the mysterious... Read More
26 Apr 2023 Unmasking Ugarit’s Mysterious Asiatic King-God Commanding The Habiru By Willem McLoud History & Tradition 1 A temple of the god, Baal, built in the ancient city of Ugarit, nowadays called Ras Shamra, on the north-eastern shores of the Mediterranean coast of Syria, date back to the beginning of the Middle Bronze Period (c. 2000 BC). The Baal worshipped... Read More