ABC-TV in Australia is among media outlets reporting Ethiopia’s recovery of cultural materials stolen by British military forces in the 19th century. The article begins: “Ethiopia has hailed the return of precious artefacts looted by British soldiers more than 150… Continue Reading
I realize that we posted a link to the scholarly paper providing the accumulated evidence that a meteorite exploded into a fireball over an ancient Middle Eastern city around 1600BCE producing devastation that perhaps wound up being depicted in Biblical… Continue Reading
Ahram Online recently reported the discovery of pharoah Ramses II’s treasurer, Ptah-M-Wia. Their story begins: “An archaeological mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of King Ramses II, during excavation work… Continue Reading
Last month, the National Park Service announced that fossilized human footprints found at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide evidence that Native Americans had peopled North American at least that far South and East as long as… Continue Reading
A Wall Street Journal thought piece on the mysterious Voynich Manuscript, legendarily spirited from England to Central Europe by Dr. John Dee, brought to my attention by Soror Amy, got me poking around leading me to this story about this… Continue Reading
Here’s a nice video presentation on the God Horus by Andrew Henry presented as part of his Religions For Breakfast YouTube series. While this talk does not mention that Horus is the Lord of our current Aeon it is packed… Continue Reading
Here’s Episode 75 of the Juju podcast. On this episode, Juju interviews Professor and author of “Black Magic” Yvonne Chireau about Hoodoo as scholarship, the quest for power through Africana magic, and reconciling what it means for Hoodoo to evolve… Continue Reading
Antiquity Publications has published a report on new findings indicating that a scrying mirror employed by Dr. John Dee was originally an Aztec artifact. The article begins: “New research has confirmed that an obsidian mirror used by John Dee, confidante… Continue Reading
Science Advances Magazine has published a paper on the Etruscans, the civilisation that preceded in the Romans in Italy and had a significant impact on the latter. It looks at recent DNA studies to get new insight into this enduringly… Continue Reading
The New York Times recently ran a review of the second book by archaeologist Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Kindred. The book collects and analyzes 170 years’ worth of research and speculation devoted to the hominid species Neanderthals and presents readers a… Continue Reading