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The Eurasian Yamnaya People and Their Cultural and Physical Dominance of the European and Asian Continents

Posted On January 22, 2020

The Yamnaya people were bands of nomads who roamed territory north of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea during the Bronze Age. By 3000 B.C., the Yamnaya became the greatest horse culture of the ancient world, as they were the […]

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Prince Albert’s Philanthropic Project of the South Kensington Museum

Posted On May 8, 2019

Prince Albert owned the worlds largest collection of Raphael reproductions with over 50 unique portraits. Albert commissioned a photographer to go into the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy and take photographs of all Raphael works. These photographs of course lacked […]

Ancient History / Anthropology / Bibliography / Biography / Cultural Anthropology / Graphology / Hieroglyphology / History / Sociology / Theology

The Etymology of the Name “Jehova”

Posted On February 12, 2019

The name “Jehova” (pronounced “yah-ho-vah”) is derived from the Hebrew name “יְהֹוָה‎” (pronounced “yo-vah”) which is based upon the Masoretic version of the Biblical Hebrew name “יהוה‎” (pronounced “yah-ho”). The name Jehova and all of its predecessors means “my lord” […]

Anthropology / Cultural Anthropology / History / Mythology / Theology

The Most Basic Meaning of Hanukkah

Posted On November 30, 2018

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is essentially at its most basic principle, the celebration of a military victory during the 2nd century B.C., which was fought and won by the Maccabees, a religious and nationalist rebellion militant faction. When the Maccabees […]

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The Ancient Battle of Troy

Posted On November 15, 2018

The battle of Troy is suspected to have occurred in modern day Turkey as Troy is considered is by archeologists and scholars to have been a real citadel, and not just an epic iliad of the ancient Greek poet Homer. […]

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Shipping Freighters Flying Flags of Convenience

Posted On October 22, 2018

The flags flown atop ships are also known as a “flag of convenience” as the owners of shipping companies and shipping vessels often fly a flag different from that of their own nationality or where their business is headquartered. Nations […]

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Invention of the Kaleidoscope

Posted On August 10, 2018

The kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by Sir David Brewster who was a Scottish mathematician and physicist noted for his various contributions to the field of optics. Brewster patented his invention in 1817 but thousands of unauthorized reproductions were constructed […]

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