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A Mongol melee in the 13th century. (Public Domain) — 27 Aug 2021

The Great Mongolian Raid Of Georgia And The Siege Tower Of Corpses

By Cam Rea

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By late 1220, after being relentlessly pursued for months by Genghis Khan’s generals Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarazm, wearing a torn shirt, died exhausted, poor, and from pleurisy. With the death of the Shah, Genghis Khan had received...
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A Mongol melee in the 13th century. (Public Domain) — 27 Aug 2021

The Great Mongolian Raid Of Georgia And The Siege Tower Of Corpses

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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By late 1220, after being relentlessly pursued for months by Genghis Khan’s generals Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarazm, wearing a torn shirt, died exhausted, poor, and from pleurisy. With the death of the Shah, Genghis Khan had received...
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The Ancient Celtic Thresholds Of Liminal Time And Space — 20 Aug 2021

The Ancient Celtic Thresholds Of Liminal Time And Space

By ashley cowie

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The ‘Veil of Isis’ is an ancient metaphor and allegorical motif of mythology where nature is personified as the goddess Isis covered by a veil representing the mystery and inaccessibility of nature's infinite secrets. In mythology and...
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The Ancient Celtic Thresholds Of Liminal Time And Space — 20 Aug 2021

The Ancient Celtic Thresholds Of Liminal Time And Space

By ashley cowie

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The ‘Veil of Isis’ is an ancient metaphor and allegorical motif of mythology where nature is personified as the goddess Isis covered by a veil representing the mystery and inaccessibility of nature's infinite secrets. In mythology and...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David (1814). (Public Domain) — 18 Aug 2021

Thermopylae A Speedbump for the Persian War Machine

By Myke Cole

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If there is a single event that made Sparta’s military legend a seminal moment when the ‘Bronze Lie’ was forged, it is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, fought 10 years after Marathon. Nearly everything committed to popular memory about...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David (1814). (Public Domain) — 18 Aug 2021

Thermopylae A Speedbump for the Persian War Machine

By Myke Cole

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If there is a single event that made Sparta’s military legend a seminal moment when the ‘Bronze Lie’ was forged, it is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, fought 10 years after Marathon. Nearly everything committed to popular memory about...
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Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare — 13 Aug 2021

Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare

By ashley cowie

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Since prehistoric times when hunters tapped along to the rhythm of drips in caves and carved the first bone flutes and skin drums, music has always been an integral part of the hunt and warfare, where it serves a two-fold function. Not only was...
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Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare — 13 Aug 2021

Beat The Drum, Sound The Bugle, Play The Bagpipe: Music In Warfare

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Since prehistoric times when hunters tapped along to the rhythm of drips in caves and carved the first bone flutes and skin drums, music has always been an integral part of the hunt and warfare, where it serves a two-fold function. Not only was...
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Odalisque by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1882) (Public Domain) — 09 Aug 2021

Divine Queen Thea Musa, The Parthian Basilíssa

By MartiniF

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The victory of the Parthians over the Roman General Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC is perhaps the single most significant event in Rome's engagement with Parthia. The loss of Roman standards associated with Crassus' campaign in 53 BC...
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Odalisque by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1882) (Public Domain) — 09 Aug 2021

Divine Queen Thea Musa, The Parthian Basilíssa

By MartiniF

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The victory of the Parthians over the Roman General Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 BC is perhaps the single most significant event in Rome's engagement with Parthia. The loss of Roman standards associated with Crassus' campaign in 53 BC...
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