2008 Periquita Reserva Setúbal Ixel Balamke’s Wine Notes Color – Dark Ruby Aroma – Blueberries and vanilla Initial Taste – Ripe Blueberries and Blackcurrant with touches of vanilla Finish – Soft tannins good acidity Blackcurrant with flourishes of vanilla and… Continue Reading
When explorers began making maps as they explored the world a couple of millennia ago they included land masses that later could not be found. As recently as 2012 an expedition went to one of these phantom islands expecting to… Continue Reading
Rapa Nui / Easter Island inhabitants must had contact with South American cultures. http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2014/10/epic-pre-columbian-voyage-suggested-genes
The Amarna period, roughly 1353-1336 BCE, introduced a new form of art that completely contradicted what was known and revered in the Egyptian culture. The pharaoh Amenhotep IV not only changed his name from Amenhotep to Akhenaten, and the religion… Continue Reading
A team of archaeologists are discovering new finds on a tiny island just off the Black Sea coast near Sozopol, Bulgaria—finds that may shed additional light on the location and features of a lost temple to Apollo erected by Archaic… Continue Reading
In Jewish texts, Samael is better known as the ‘Angel of Death.’ It is believed that Samael is both good and evil in that he does the work of God but desires man to do evil. Samael is viewed as… Continue Reading
An enormous wealth of knowledge locked within hundreds of ancient papyrus scrolls scorched by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, may now be revealed thanks to new technology which may enable the texts to be read. The new… Continue Reading
In 1863 Vin Mariani was red Bordeaux infused with cocoa leaves. The product was marketed as a digestif, an aperitif, and a general cure-all. The delicious concoction promised to heal whatever ailed you and provide the energy boost needed by actresses, inventors… Continue Reading
2008 Mazzei Badiola Ixel Balamke’s Wine Notes Color – Ruby Aroma – Blueberry not much aroma maybe because it’s still young. Initial Taste- Blue Fruits and pepper Final Taste – Medium body blueberry and lots of white pepper on the… Continue Reading
The Neolithic Hongshan culture has revealed itself to researchers through its long-preserved bounty of jade artifacts, its ceremonial monuments, its burial traditions, and its influence in the origins of the Chinese civilization. The Hongshan underground Goddess Temple housed beautiful and… Continue Reading