02 Oct 2017 Prehistoric Romeo and Juliet Lived Apart: But Why? The People of the Shoals and The People of the Hills By jim willis History & Tradition 0 Just north of Augusta, Georgia, USA, near what is called the Fall Line of the Savannah River, lies Stallings Island. It has given its name to the culture that sparked the second great American invention. The first was the Clovis point; the second... Read More
29 Sep 2017 Mithridates Clashes with Kings and Swallows up Territory: The ‘King of Kings’ of Ancient Iran — Part II By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 Mithridates (“The Gift of Mithra) exhibited qualities that most kings rarely have: experience and maturity. He understood that a king could retain his power only as long as the people and nobles were treated fairly.To the benefit of his people,... Read More
27 Sep 2017 Mithridates Stalks His Prey, and Strikes a Killing Blow: The ‘King of Kings’ of Ancient Iran By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 Mithridates exhibited qualities that most kings rarely have: experience and maturity. Even Phraates passed over his own sons for his qualified brother to be next in line. Mithridates I (r. 171-138 BCE), like Phraates, Mithridates understood that... Read More
22 Sep 2017 Dark Forces Conspire to Destroy the Radiant One: The Assassination of Akhenaten—Part II By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 Akhenaten’s religious experiment, which was launched in the imperial capital Thebes and later nurtured in the new city Akhetaten, resulted in dramatic changes. Not only did the king oust the panoply of traditional gods – with Amun becoming the... Read More
20 Sep 2017 A Sinister Plot to Eliminate the Sun King: The Assassination of Akhenaten—Part I By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 The Pharaoh clearly had enough of life at Thebes (Waset). His determined attempts to introduce Atenism—a syncretism of the Memphis-Heliopolis solar philosophy, with a deification of kingship dating from Amenhotep III's Heb-Sed—doubtless raised... Read More