15 Mar 2019 Hunting for Captain Morgan’s Lost Inca Gold By ashley cowie History & Tradition 1 Native mythology on San Andrés talks of the privateer Captain Henry Morgan burying a vast treasure in a sea cave and in December 2018, after two years of researching the life and times of Captain Morgan, the thought of an ancient treasure lying in... Read More
13 Mar 2019 The Strange and Sudden Death of Ancient Alchemy By Charles Christian History & Tradition, Philosophy & Spirituality 0 The quest for the Philosopher’s Stone, alchemy, the search for the Elixir of Life and turning base elements into gold, which occupied the minds of many famous ancient scientists such as Isaac Newton, abruptly came to a halt by the end of the 18th... Read More
11 Mar 2019 Hawaiian Ancient Surfing, the Sport of Gods and Royalty By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 Water created worlds, bore deities, eliminated pain and purified souls. The sea in particular is an untamable, dangerous, often violent place and considered in many cultures as representing the mysteries of the underworld. As such great power... Read More
01 Mar 2019 Disputed ‘Barbarians’: Genghis Khan and Qin Shi Huang By Shibumi History & Tradition 2 Some years ago somebody is reported to have said: "The victors write the histories”. Though this chestnut has no attribution, it nevertheless appears in many works including school textbooks. Whether a real quote or not, it needs to be challenged... Read More
06 Feb 2019 Le Morne, Mountain of the Slave Maroons in Mauritius By micki pistorius History & Tradition 0 There is a legend that marooned slaves jumped off the high cliffs of a mountain to their death into the sea, when they saw a ship approaching, because they believed the ship was sent to capture them, yet the ship was sent to inform them of their... Read More