24 May 2021 Bandrui And Banflaith The Druidesses Of Yore By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 A woman's face, dubbed Hilda, was reconstructed from an ancient skull housed in The University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum. Hilda lived between 55 BC and 400 AD and was of Celtic origin. She was probably more than 60 years old when she died,... Read More
21 May 2021 The Twists And Turns Of Religion: Shaman, Priest And Promised Messiah By Tobias Churton History & Tradition 1 The world of late antiquity was extremely suspicious of novelty, anything, that is, that made claim to serious attention. Every innovation, whether of thought or technique, had to be justified in terms of its fulfilling a promise from the past,... Read More
19 May 2021 Epistemology of Ancient Lost Technology By Dr. Benjamin B.... History & Tradition 1 What is “lost knowledge”? As human civilizations arise and develop, they accumulate knowledge. That knowledge has many forms, from the pragmatic to the theoretical. In most cultures, there is a significant body of what one might call... Read More
17 May 2021 Telesilla, Warrior Poetess From Argos, Who Manned-Up On The Battlefield and Bedroom By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 An ancient oracle told by a Pythian priestess says, “But when the time shall come that the female conquers in battle, driving away the male, and wins great glory in Argos, then many wives of the Argives shall tear both cheeks in their... Read More
10 May 2021 The Roots Of Catoptromancy in Ancient Persian and Central American Sources By Dr. Benjamin B.... History & Tradition 0 "Thus television... has a prehistory in the domain of oriental folk-lore,” wrote Berthold Laufer in 1928 in an article with the delightful title, The Prehistory of Television. Television was quite new even in the period in which Laufer was... Read More