Amphipolis Tomb Video
A video showing the mosaic at the Amphipolis tomb.
Archaeology
6,000 Year Old Trypillian Temple Found
The Trypillian Society was matriarchal society and this is the largest temple found associated with this culture. http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/science-temple-trypillian-culture-nebelivka-ukraine-02223.html
Scholarly Lecture on Crowley and Gunn Falls a Little Short
Penn Museum (Phil.) hosted “Unwrapping Egyptology and the Occult: The Curious Case of Battiscombe Gunn and Aleister Crowley” 10/25. Dr. Steve Vinson, PhD discussed the case Battiscombe Gunn (1883-1950), still remembered as one of the most insightful Egyptologists of his… Continue Reading
The Egyptian Book of the Dead Never Looked So Good!
The Egyptian Book of the Dead The Book of Going Forth by Day NEW 20th Anniversary Edition! The complete Papyrus of Ani with integrated text and full-color images. The long hot summer has birthed the twentieth anniversary edition of my… Continue Reading
Ancient World Map
Interesting article on the Babylonian Map of the World. It gives insight how the Babylonians perceived their world. http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/babylonian-map-world-sheds-light-ancient-perspectives-002135
The Oldest Complete Written Musical Piece, 3400 years old.
It is 1950 at the Royal Palace in Ugarit Syria, and something extraordinary has been found. 36 written hymns, call the Hurrian Songs, were unearthed on clay tablets dating to the 14th century B.C. One of these, the Hymn to Nikkal… Continue Reading
Endangered Languages
Smithsonian is digitizing their endangered language collection to be access by all eventually. http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/national-museum-natural-history-receives-1-million-increase-global-access-endangered-langua
Smithsonian Database of Artifacts
If you are interested in Anthropology, here’s a link that is a database of collection items at the Smithsonian. It will only fascinate the fanatics of the field such as me. http://anthropology.si.edu/accessinganthropology/onlinedatabases.html
Cairo Museum’s FB Page on the Stele of Revealing
“…The stele is also known as the “Stele of Revealing” and is a central element of the religious philosophy Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley…” https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianMuseum09/photos/a.10151171328978071.459345.85676803070/10151208466218071/?type=1&fref=nf “Histories of Egyptology” includes a chapter by Steven Vinson and Janet Gunn what points out… Continue Reading
Penn Museum (Phil.) Hosts Lecture on Victorian Archaeology and Aleister Crowley 10/25
Penn Museum (Phil.) hosts “Unwrapping Egyptology and the Occult: The Curious Case of Battiscombe Gunn and Aleister Crowley” 10/25 Ancient Egypt was one area in which modern scholarship and esotericism overlapped, and even converged. It is not often remembered today… Continue Reading