Saber Tooth Tiger Skull
Shades of Gray
Published January 7, 2011
The Helix Nebula is a trillion-mile-long cloud of hot gases." At its center is dying star which has ejected masses of dust and gas to form tentacle-like filaments stretching toward an outer rim composed of the same material. Our own sun may look like this in several billion years.
Taking pictures with the Hubble Space Telescope is much more complex than taking pictures with a traditional camera. Hubble's cameras record light from the universe with special electronic detectors. These detectors produce images of the cosmos not in color, but in shades of black and white.
Continue readingSeven Wonders of Ancient Greece
Published November 19, 2010
Ancient Greece was a land of breathtaking beauty where science, math and art combined to produce some of the world’s greatest marvels of architecture and design. From prehistoric palaces to bold symbols of victory, the seven wonders of ancient Greece still stir hold us in awe to this day.
The Seven Sleepers
Published November 10, 2010
This story appears to be primarily a Christian story as it also has variations in the Muslim, Arabic, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, and Welsh mythology. The basic story goes that during the time of the Roman emperor Decius, around 250 AD, seven young men were accused of Christianity. They were given some time to recant their faith, but instead gave their worldly goods to the poor and retired to a mountain to pray, where they fell asleep. The emperor, seeing that their attitude towards paganism had not improved, ordered the mouth of the cave to be sealed.
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1 CommentJupiter the King of the Gods
Published October 25, 2010
In Roman mythology Jupiter was the God of the Sky, Thunder and Lightning, Law, Order and Justice. He was the central deity in the Archaic Triad, the pre-Christian Trinity if you will. The Archaic Triad was made up of 3 gods. Jupiter, the father, and his son Mars and Quirinus the god of the state of Rome. (The Father Son and Holy Ghost)
Posted in History, Religion | Abrahamic Religions, Akhenaten, Aten, Christian, Constantine the Great, Council of Nicaea, god, Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus, Trinity, Tutankhamun | 3 CommentsThe Twelve Titans of Ancient Greece
Published September 16, 2010
A traditional reading of the poem written about creation by Hesiod called the Theogony might go as follows. The gods Khaos, Gaia, and Eros "come to be". Then Khaos gives birth to Nyx and Erebos, who in turn give birth to Hemera and Aether. Gaia gives birth to Ouranos and Pontus. Ouranos and Gaia beget the twelve titans, as well as the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Giants. Ouranos entraps the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Giants in Gaia's stomach
Homo Erectus Pekinensis
Published September 14, 2010
No it is not what you think silly, get your mind out of the gutter and let’s take a journey back in our evolutionary history of about 700,000 years ago to a cave just outside of what is now called Beijing (written 'Peking' before the adoption of the Pinyin romanization system), China. This is where the last of the Homo Erectus made their stand against the forces of nature. A battle which they eventually lost.
The Gods of War
Published September 8, 2010
Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial.
Act III of the play Julius Caesar (1599), by William Shakespeare
Empires have come and gone throughout human history and they all have a set of phases they go through. Only by studying history we can avoid the mistakes of the past.
Continue readingPosted in History, Politics | America, dark ages, Democracy, Empire, government, Oligarchy | Leave a commentPlato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
Published September 4, 2010
Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. What he meant was, living your life without giving it some forethought or principles is a life so vulnerable to chance, and so dependent on the choices and actions of others, that it is of little real value to the person living it.
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