Where is potato mentioned in this passage? Maybe you are confusing 'potage' for 'potato'. The former is a type of soup (not to be confused with 'pottage', which is a type of stew)
What an interesting castle, it must be so full feeling to know your family's history all the way back hundreds of years and still have the family home. I am thrilled that the family works hard to keep the castle from ruin and alive for people to visit it.
No, Our first and greatest President, George Washington, did precisely the same. He served two terms, reluctantly, and refused not only the offer of a kingship but to consider a third term. We have no actual words from Cincinnatus himself. We do have those of Washington, including his most telling: his Farewell Address. These remarks, drafted by both Jefferson and Hamilton who were about to begin the partisan strife still embroiling our nation, were finalized and delivered by Washington to Congress as he left office to return to his own version of husbandry at Mount Vernon. Don't prate to me about being a slave owner, he was a good, honorable man who refused absolute power and warned us to avoid political parties and their destructive partisanship as being fatal to the Republic. An honest politician and a prescient man.
The tomb at Siwa could have been prepared to receive the body of Alexander, while its final resting place was still debated among his generals. The place of the "hijack" though being in Syria, shows that the body was moving towards Macedonia. One may also guess that the recently discovered tomb of Amphipolis was built to receive the body, as no tomb found in Aigai could be considered as intented for such a glorious burial. Eventually non of these senarios materialised, as the body was stolen by Ptolemy and kept in Memphis, while preparing the mausoleum in Alexandra as the final resting place.
Noah had the first vineyard. "Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard." (Genesis 9:20) which is consistent with the researches so far. In fact, the word, vineyard in Hebrew (karem - k-r-m) in pictograms of kaph - resh - mem suggested hand-bow-water. Also of interest, the Egyptian hieroglyphs a grape arbor according to Gardner's list.
Great article! I am a huge fan of the Naruto series and did not realize until now how much it pulls from Japan's history.
Question: Has there been any connection found between the eastern and western use of the pentagram? I am curious to know if both come from the same source or were somehow created independently of each other (yet still have similar meanings).
The crown may have been worn by the shaman to symbolise his ability to enter and return from the underworld. Hence the vultures and doors. It may also, as suggested, have been an incense burner, with the clawed clubs used to pick up the 'burning bush'. The other paraphernalia look very much like parts of a hookah pipe.
Given the extensive use of cannabis as a sacrament in the region (as described in Herodotus and the Bible), could these not be Shamanic paraphernalia used to burn cannabis?
Yes, indeed, thanks for noting that over zealous inclusion. Wishful thinking there! Potatoes have been removed from the menu (and article) as they were unavailable in Europe at the time.
The unfathomable complexity of modern society tempts us all to thirst for simplicity.
The Rightists are tempted to believe in Occam's Razor; in spite of the terrible lessons of history- that nothing is as simple as it first appears.
The author writes: " Basically, everyone, both rich and poor, went from sucking the nutrient rich meats from shell-fish and sipping soft red wines to munching potatoes and plants, virtually overnight." Yet the potato is a New World cultivar that was not introduced in Europe until the latter half of the 16th century!
The Civilization of Old Europe from the Danube river down south east at both shores of the Aegean
at least from 6500BC is indigenous to the region, and the first advanced human culture! By 3500 BC it had reached today's south west Ukraine outside Kiev.European advanced civilization went eastwards to Asia and not vice versa...
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Copper plated with Gold.
Question. Electroplated? Or Gold leaf? next question. How long does it take for copper to corrode away to zip in seawater?
spent time in west germany years ago.. wish I had known of this castle.. visited as many as I could.. thank you for a wonderful article on this
Good thing Climate Change is a natural event. them grapes ought to be right at home when we return to the climate we had during the Roman era
Where is potato mentioned in this passage? Maybe you are confusing 'potage' for 'potato'. The former is a type of soup (not to be confused with 'pottage', which is a type of stew)
What an interesting castle, it must be so full feeling to know your family's history all the way back hundreds of years and still have the family home. I am thrilled that the family works hard to keep the castle from ruin and alive for people to visit it.
No, Our first and greatest President, George Washington, did precisely the same. He served two terms, reluctantly, and refused not only the offer of a kingship but to consider a third term. We have no actual words from Cincinnatus himself. We do have those of Washington, including his most telling: his Farewell Address. These remarks, drafted by both Jefferson and Hamilton who were about to begin the partisan strife still embroiling our nation, were finalized and delivered by Washington to Congress as he left office to return to his own version of husbandry at Mount Vernon. Don't prate to me about being a slave owner, he was a good, honorable man who refused absolute power and warned us to avoid political parties and their destructive partisanship as being fatal to the Republic. An honest politician and a prescient man.
The tomb at Siwa could have been prepared to receive the body of Alexander, while its final resting place was still debated among his generals. The place of the "hijack" though being in Syria, shows that the body was moving towards Macedonia. One may also guess that the recently discovered tomb of Amphipolis was built to receive the body, as no tomb found in Aigai could be considered as intented for such a glorious burial. Eventually non of these senarios materialised, as the body was stolen by Ptolemy and kept in Memphis, while preparing the mausoleum in Alexandra as the final resting place.
You can read here: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2015/07/15/1510906112.full.pdf, a paper about the identity of the male occupant of tomb I, in Vergina (Aigai).
Noah had the first vineyard. "Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard." (Genesis 9:20) which is consistent with the researches so far. In fact, the word, vineyard in Hebrew (karem - k-r-m) in pictograms of kaph - resh - mem suggested hand-bow-water. Also of interest, the Egyptian hieroglyphs a grape arbor according to Gardner's list.
An honest politician? Probably the last one as well.
Abra- open
Cadabra - body
Great article! I am a huge fan of the Naruto series and did not realize until now how much it pulls from Japan's history.
Question: Has there been any connection found between the eastern and western use of the pentagram? I am curious to know if both come from the same source or were somehow created independently of each other (yet still have similar meanings).
The crown may have been worn by the shaman to symbolise his ability to enter and return from the underworld. Hence the vultures and doors. It may also, as suggested, have been an incense burner, with the clawed clubs used to pick up the 'burning bush'. The other paraphernalia look very much like parts of a hookah pipe.
Given the extensive use of cannabis as a sacrament in the region (as described in Herodotus and the Bible), could these not be Shamanic paraphernalia used to burn cannabis?
Thank you.
Yes, indeed, thanks for noting that over zealous inclusion. Wishful thinking there! Potatoes have been removed from the menu (and article) as they were unavailable in Europe at the time.
The unfathomable complexity of modern society tempts us all to thirst for simplicity.
The Rightists are tempted to believe in Occam's Razor; in spite of the terrible lessons of history- that nothing is as simple as it first appears.
The author writes: " Basically, everyone, both rich and poor, went from sucking the nutrient rich meats from shell-fish and sipping soft red wines to munching potatoes and plants, virtually overnight." Yet the potato is a New World cultivar that was not introduced in Europe until the latter half of the 16th century!
They did not start eating "potatoes and plants" after the 455 sacking.
Potatoes -- and tomatoes -- were not introduced to Italy until more than 1200 years later. Sloppy.
The Civilization of Old Europe from the Danube river down south east at both shores of the Aegean
at least from 6500BC is indigenous to the region, and the first advanced human culture! By 3500 BC it had reached today's south west Ukraine outside Kiev.European advanced civilization went eastwards to Asia and not vice versa...
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