Archaeology

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THE STAR OF THE MAGI?

THREE PYRAMIDS and ONE BRIGHT STAR: THREE MAGI and ONE BRIGHT STAR. The Three Great Pyramids of GIZA with amazing star overhead at end of...

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WHAT HIDES BEHIND THE WALL …100 years later…

funerary Mask of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC, Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo 100 years ago, Howard Carter, Archaeologist working...

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The Archaeologist in You and Me always seeking: Has QUEEN NEFERTITI’s TOMB been FOUND?

LITTLE SELKET guards her King, TUTANKHAMEN in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. And 100 years later it still is. From the beginning...

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WRITING From The PAST

How close are these languages? Linear B has been deciphered and translated by 1952 by Michael Ventris. It consists of 90 syllable signs...

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Converging Diverging Roads

Cortes and Montezuma meet: Tenochtitlan. 1519 CONVERGING ROADS; DIVERGING ROADS Across the long land-bridge, the Istapalapa Causeway,...

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HOMER knew nothing about History

Homer was not a historian. Well, that’s an exaggeration. But when Homer began documenting the stories he heard, writing had just been...

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Julius Caesar Veneris Happy Julius Caesar Friday

JULIUS CAESAR VENERIS: Happy Julius Caesar Friday! Letter from: Military Tribune, Gaius Volusenus To: The Empire TIDINGS, citizens. Ave...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL! SANTE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL! SAnte! In ancient Egypt bees were known to have flown into being from the tears of sungod, RA. Wax candles were...

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10 Amazing things… “Wonderful things…

10 Amazing things… “Wonderful things…” reaching for and touching the sun god. 91 years ago, late November, 1922, Howard Carter,...

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6 For The God Dionysos I Am Thankful

6 For Dionysos let us be thankful. For this god of civilization, rising from the east, traveling ever westward, rising with the sun,...

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2 Visiting the real LION KING is like Champagne

Visiting the real LION KING. Here I am at The Lion Gate. My friend Anthula took this picture. BUT she forgot the LIONS. Visiting the...