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Hair-Raising Status of Ancient Gods and Men — 28 Feb 2020

Hair-Raising Status of Ancient Gods and Men

By MartiniF

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Human hair has always played an important role in culture and in society. For men and women alike, styling one's hair seems to be an innate human desire to emphasize their beauty and power. Thus, apart from being interesting and rather beautiful,...
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Hair-Raising Status of Ancient Gods and Men — 28 Feb 2020

Hair-Raising Status of Ancient Gods and Men

By MartiniF

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Human hair has always played an important role in culture and in society. For men and women alike, styling one's hair seems to be an innate human desire to emphasize their beauty and power. Thus, apart from being interesting and rather beautiful,...
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Tomb of the augurs. Tarquinia, Italia. (circa 530 BC) (Public Domain) — 19 Feb 2020

The Augurs of Rome: Birds Predicting The Will Of The Gods

By MartiniF

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Cycles of nature were at the core of the ancient practice of divination to decipher the will of the gods. Many different methods of divination were practiced in antiquity, such as dream interpretations (oneiromancy), interpreting the entrails of...
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Tomb of the augurs. Tarquinia, Italia. (circa 530 BC) (Public Domain) — 19 Feb 2020

The Augurs of Rome: Birds Predicting The Will Of The Gods

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Cycles of nature were at the core of the ancient practice of divination to decipher the will of the gods. Many different methods of divination were practiced in antiquity, such as dream interpretations (oneiromancy), interpreting the entrails of...
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The system of Nadi Shastra start from the thumb fingerprint. Right thumb for the man and left for woman. Then the Brahmins find 108 points to correlate with the palm leaf scripts for the destiny reading. (Image: Courtesy: Enrico Baccarini) — 16 Feb 2020

Nadi Shastra: Ancient Leaves of Destiny

By Enrico

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A fascinating and incredible mystery is linked to ancient India, a journey into the remote past of a land that still has to reveal to the whole of humanity many of its 'stories' and its wonders. The so-called Leaves of Destiny, or Nadi Shastra,...
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The system of Nadi Shastra start from the thumb fingerprint. Right thumb for the man and left for woman. Then the Brahmins find 108 points to correlate with the palm leaf scripts for the destiny reading. (Image: Courtesy: Enrico Baccarini) — 16 Feb 2020

Nadi Shastra: Ancient Leaves of Destiny

By Enrico

History & Tradition

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A fascinating and incredible mystery is linked to ancient India, a journey into the remote past of a land that still has to reveal to the whole of humanity many of its 'stories' and its wonders. The so-called Leaves of Destiny, or Nadi Shastra,...
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A detailed drawing of a Viking age sword from the early ninth century found at Sæbø in the west of Norway. Bergen Museum. (Public Domain) — 15 Feb 2020

Swords of Fate: The Ancient Blades That Forged History

By ashley cowie

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For thousands of years humans have found good reason to stab, chop, slice and dice each other up, and the choice weapon which has endured the tests of time is the sword. Historically, kings, emperors, princes and royal army generals all owned their...
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A detailed drawing of a Viking age sword from the early ninth century found at Sæbø in the west of Norway. Bergen Museum. (Public Domain) — 15 Feb 2020

Swords of Fate: The Ancient Blades That Forged History

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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For thousands of years humans have found good reason to stab, chop, slice and dice each other up, and the choice weapon which has endured the tests of time is the sword. Historically, kings, emperors, princes and royal army generals all owned their...
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Universe Explosion (Gerd Altmann/CC0) — 13 Feb 2020

From Pigeon Poop to the Origin of the Universe

By jim willis

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The term, ‘Big Bang’ was coined by the English astronomer and cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1949. But when he first employed it, during a BBC radio broadcast on astronomy, it was meant to be derisive in nature. At that time in his life Hoyle...
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Universe Explosion (Gerd Altmann/CC0) — 13 Feb 2020

From Pigeon Poop to the Origin of the Universe

By jim willis

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The term, ‘Big Bang’ was coined by the English astronomer and cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle in 1949. But when he first employed it, during a BBC radio broadcast on astronomy, it was meant to be derisive in nature. At that time in his life Hoyle...
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