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Twelve Tribes, One Apocalypse: Israel’s Fragmented Past and the Vision of the End
Several weeks back, I chatted with a CEO friend, and as I happened to be organizing a trip to see the ancient Armageddon site in Israel, naturally…
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Dr Ioannis Syrigos
Origins of the Marduk Mythos in Ancient Akkad
The greatness of the world’s first empire, the Akkadian Empire, had a major impact on later Mesopotamian tradition. Once the stories about those kings…
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Egyptian Queen Meritaten (Scotia) - Was her Voyage to Ireland Possible?
The character known to mythology as Queen Scotia, or in her own country, Queen Meritaten, is perhaps most famously linked to her half-brother Pharaoh…
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Luke Eastwood
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Sacred Geometry: Did Ancient Architects Use a Hidden Code in Structures?
Have you stood in front of an ancient monument and experienced a sense of wonder, as though the building itself was whispering secrets of the cosmos…
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Dr Ioannis Syrigos
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The Snallygaster: Century-Old Fake News Terrorized Citizens of Maryland… But the Creature May be Real
The Snallygaster is a mysterious unknown cryptid that is said to look like a dragon. The legend of the beast originated with German immigrants that…
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Music, Math, Megaliths and the Dawn of Humanity
"Musick hath Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. Why did ancient artists choose some locations and not others for…
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The Retjenu, The Hyskos, and The Giants
The Retjenu was one of the most important peoples of ancient Canaan. What makes them fascinating are their mysterious origins, their connection with the…
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Was Queen Himiko a divine ruler… or Japan’s first political mastermind?
In this interview, I sit down with historian and broadcaster Dr.
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Christopher Harding
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A Hopi Hero’s Journey: How the Snake Clan Came to Arizona
Joseph Campbell, in his classic book The Hero With A Thousand Faces explores in depth the universal mythic narrative of the culture-hero (traditionally…
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Ancient Architecture, Ancient Alcohol, Ancient Religion and the End of Our World
In 1995 a German archaeologist named Klaus Schmidt decided to begin work in Turkey at a place called Potbelly Hill, or Göbekli Tepe. He declared: “In 10…
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Maya: Science Only Acknowledges Now What Ancient Sages Knew About Reality 5000 Years Ago
Maya is a word which is very familiar to the western world, but very few know what it actually means. It is a word which was used by the rishis (sages…
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The Eagle Huntress: New Generations of Eagle Huntresses in Kazakhstan and Mongolia
Both Mongolia and the Kazakh community have a long history of women's equality in education, government, medicine, and other fields. Girls and boys…
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