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Everyday Life in Old China 06 (Public Domain) — 20 Mar 2020

A History of Hairpins and Hairdo’s of Ancient Women in Eastern Asia

By MartiniF

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Confucian values in ancient China held that since one's hair is a gift from one's parents it is to be treated with utmost respect. This rule applies to men and women alike. Haircuts were therefore considered to be a serious filial offense against...
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Everyday Life in Old China 06 (Public Domain) — 20 Mar 2020

A History of Hairpins and Hairdo’s of Ancient Women in Eastern Asia

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Confucian values in ancient China held that since one's hair is a gift from one's parents it is to be treated with utmost respect. This rule applies to men and women alike. Haircuts were therefore considered to be a serious filial offense against...
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1780 map of the Mascarenes; Reunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues (Public Domain) — 18 Mar 2020

Treasure Hunters Seeking Hide-Outs of Mascarene Pirates

By ashley cowie

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In 1512 Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, identified a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar as the Mascarene islands (modern-day Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The Mascarenes were favorite haunts and hide-outs during...
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1780 map of the Mascarenes; Reunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues (Public Domain) — 18 Mar 2020

Treasure Hunters Seeking Hide-Outs of Mascarene Pirates

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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In 1512 Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, identified a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar as the Mascarene islands (modern-day Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The Mascarenes were favorite haunts and hide-outs during...
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Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden (1437) Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0) — 16 Mar 2020

Lessons from the Masters Siddharta, K’Ung Ch’iu and the Old Man

By jim willis

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One version of an old story has it that when Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born, a local priest visited the family compound and prophesied that the young man would grow up to be either an emperor or a Buddha, an Enlightened One. Quite naturally,...
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Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden (1437) Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0) — 16 Mar 2020

Lessons from the Masters Siddharta, K’Ung Ch’iu and the Old Man

By jim willis

History & Tradition

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One version of an old story has it that when Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born, a local priest visited the family compound and prophesied that the young man would grow up to be either an emperor or a Buddha, an Enlightened One. Quite naturally,...
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Heimdallr brings forth the gifts of the gods to the humans by Nils Asplund (1907) (Vogler/CC BY-SA 3.0) — 11 Mar 2020

Ancient Germanic Mythos: Hitler the Archetypal Wotan and Savior

By Pierluigi Tombetti

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Regressus ad Uterum refers to the spontaneous regression to a time or a situation when a person or an entire nation felt like a child in the womb of their mother; safe and with the unhindered potential to realize its inner nature. So, to the...
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Heimdallr brings forth the gifts of the gods to the humans by Nils Asplund (1907) (Vogler/CC BY-SA 3.0) — 11 Mar 2020

Ancient Germanic Mythos: Hitler the Archetypal Wotan and Savior

By Pierluigi Tombetti

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Regressus ad Uterum refers to the spontaneous regression to a time or a situation when a person or an entire nation felt like a child in the womb of their mother; safe and with the unhindered potential to realize its inner nature. So, to the...
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Travel geography navigation concept background. (fotoatelie/ Adobe Stock) — 09 Mar 2020

Where X Marks The Spot: Rare Ancient Treasures, Codes and Cryptic Clues

By ashley cowie

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Treasure legends sometimes have a kernel of truth, but are then exaggerated, embellished and transformed, told over and over again until the facts fade and leave only fantastical tales, but look hard enough and relics of the truth may rarely be...
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Travel geography navigation concept background. (fotoatelie/ Adobe Stock) — 09 Mar 2020

Where X Marks The Spot: Rare Ancient Treasures, Codes and Cryptic Clues

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Treasure legends sometimes have a kernel of truth, but are then exaggerated, embellished and transformed, told over and over again until the facts fade and leave only fantastical tales, but look hard enough and relics of the truth may rarely be...
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