Pallisades View

View of the Pallisades from the Medieval Cloisters at the New York Metropolitan Museum, where over 200 million years ago the supercontinent Pangea ripped apart.

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Sumerian Tablet

Ancient History / September 19, 2023 / literature

Sumerian is the first written language and linguists think of it as a “language isolate”; it isn’t related to any other known languages. This tablet…

Odin and His Ravens Huginn and Muninn

Ancient History / December 2, 2024 / animals, folklore/mythology, religion

The leader of all the Gods in Norse mythology, Odin, was routinely accompanied by his ravens named Huginn (“thought”) and Muninn (“mind”), appearing together in…

Ancient Roman Beliefs in the Forces of Fate

Ancient History / December 6, 2024 / anthropology, archaeology, History of Magic, religion, Rome, social history

The use of magical amulets and charms was common in the Ancient Roman world, where most people didn’t think material causality determined their futures. Instead,…

Obscenity of Ancient Roman Genitals

Ancient History / December 6, 2024 / art, history of sex, literature, Rome, social history

The exquisite sculpture in the first image you see is the “Lely Venus,” a second-century Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. The second photo is…

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