Archive for the 'Ancient' Category

Zeus, God of Ancient Greece the Sky

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Zeus, Ruler of Mount Olympus, Known by Many Names, Lord of the Sky, Rain-God, Cloud-Gatherer, And Zeus of the Thunderbolt. The Mighty Zeus, the Greek god known also as the Roman god Jupiter or Jove. Zeus, Greek god of the sky was also the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and all the other Greek gods [...]

Sasanid Architecture

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

By: Professor Dietrich Huff 1. Building materials Sasanian architecture is characterized by the widespread use of mortar masonry and the associated vaulting techniques. Although mud brick had been developed long before, and mortar constructions were known in Parthian dynastic eras, both became pre-eminent in the high-standard architecture of the Sasanians. Mud brick remained a most important [...]

Bronze head of a goddess, probably Aphrodite

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Bronze head of a goddess, probably Aphrodite © The Trustees of the British Museum 00034682001 Hellenistic Greek, 1st century BC Found at the ancient city of Satala, modern Sadak, north-eastern Turkey In about 1872 a man digging his field on the site of ancient Satala struck with his pick-axe against this head. A bronze hand [...]

used engines

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

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Cyrus Cylinder

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

First Charter of Human Rights I am Kourosh (Cyrus), King of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters, son of Camboujiyah (Cambyases), great king, king of Anshân, grandson of Kourosh (Cyrus), great king, king of Anshân, descendant of Chaish-Pesh (Teispes), [...]

Prophet Jeremiah Ghosted Into Renaissance

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

SAVONAROLA.  A Fabrication of History by  Damien F. Mackey What I shall be suggesting here is that the biblical prophet Jeremiah, of c. 600 BC, a real historical person, has been ghostly projected to the supposed 1400’s AD in the form of the generic Jeremiah-like Jew, “Don Isaac ben Judah Abravanel”, who in turn became [...]