Chinese writing has its origins in ancient history and its evolution can be associated with the need for China’s emperors to conduct their affairs. They needed some way to express and record their achievements, successes and triumphs, not to mention the more mundane matters of state, so requested a method of writing be developed to ...
It is a historical fact that a great deluge once destroyed every human being on earth except a single family. The book of Genesis contains the only reliable account of this earth-shaking event. However, this traumatic experience left its mark on the oral traditions of a wide variety of people. Some late accounts of the ...
The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu dates back seven millennia and is one of war and aggression balanced by friendship, loyalty and peace. Gilgamesh’s story was found on 12 tablets in the Library of King Assurbanipal of Nineveh. His epic tale is over 7000 years old and reveals much about the cultural attitudes by the ...
Many people have their own talisman ideas. “It’s a gold ring engraved with weird symbols” or “it’s that ancient-looking pendant that my grandpa never took off his neck because it protects him” or “it’s a rare gold coin we found in the old chest in the attic”. But what are talismans exactly? Do they really ...
A famous general of the German army, Erwin Rommel said: “One man is a genius; one million people are a mass of fools.” 450 thousand years ago something changed. Someone or something made possible the existence of man. The only difference between man and animal is the reason. This makes us be more powerful than ...
Plop-plop, fizz-fizz, oh what a relief it is. And relief from an upset stomach is not exactly an invention borne from the stresses of modern day life. In fact, people sick to their stomach have been searching high and low for relief from their misery for millennia. A visit to the local druggist or the ...
Modern times have mutilated one of the world’s most ancient and religious symbols. When one thinks of the swastika, many things come to mind: Nazis, fascism, the holocaust, Hitler, Germany, World War II, Aryan, prejudice, hate, genocide, anti-Semitism, and a slew of other not too pleasant facts. What people rarely think of is good luck ...
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