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Fake It Til’ You Make it: A History of the Placebo Effect

... three and forty years practice, at the bath. The Online Books Page. Retrieved July 18, 2022, from ...

Lex Leigh - 24/07/2022 - 23:00

Searching For True Monarchy In Greek Literature

... John’s College, Cambridge. He has written 23 published books to date, including Aristocracy in Greek society ...

Dr Michael Arnheim - 10/02/2023 - 23:15

Visiting A Time Capsule Of Periclean Athens

... history of both Greece and Rome. He has written 17 books including Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the ...

Robert Garland - 23/10/2023 - 16:32

Nutmeg Poisoning: A Deadly Addition to the Kitchen Cabinet?

A low-cost, high-risk drug hiding in plain sight – in your kitchen cabinet! This is a highly aromatic spice that can change the trajectory of your food, and is sometimes used as a healing agent in traditional medicine. It’s nutmeg, a commonly used spice that comes from the nutmeg tree, indigenous to Indonesia, utilized in spiced desserts, eggnog, and even savory meat and vegetable dishes!

Sahir - 17/07/2022 - 23:01

Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths: Lords of the Earth and Sky, Scarab God Khepera, and Lady of Slaughter

Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. There is no single creation myth for Ancient Egypt as each region of the country owed allegiance to a different god, so for simplicity’s sake we shall just look at the main versions.

Homage to thee, Ra! Supreme power, the master of the hidden

spheres who causes the principles to arise, who dwells in darkness,

who is born as the all-surrounding universe.

tedloukes - 27/09/2016 - 02:01

Zep Tepi and the Djed Mystery: Backbone of Osiris - Part I

The Djed, by its very nature, is one of the highest mysteries in the Ancient Egypt history. It was built in the core of the so-called Cheops pyramid, just off the King Chamber, perfectly integrated in the monument symmetry.

Actually, scholars cannot yet explain what its original purpose was. There is a quantity of theories, which seem to have a great deal of reliability. Nevertheless, as is often the case, the official theory is the least convincing.

Armando Mei - 20/07/2016 - 15:44

Babbo Natale And Befana: The Italian Santa Claus Duo

... study and creative use of the Tarot and author of several books including I Tarocchi Della Nuova Era . Percorso ...

Alessandra Filiaci - 24/12/2021 - 21:20

Kaiser Wilhelm II Autocrat Or Pacifist In World War I?

... John’s College, Cambridge. He has written 23 published books to date, including Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, ...

Dr Michael Arnheim - 08/07/2022 - 20:41

Mischievous Munaciello, A Folletto Character Of Neapolitan Folklore

... study and creative use of the Tarot and author of several books including I Tarocchi Della Nuova Era . Percorso ...

Alessandra Filiaci - 06/05/2022 - 22:45

The Language And Symbolism Embedded In Medieval Stone Bibles

... study and creative use of the Tarot and author of several books including I Tarocchi Della Nuova Era . Percorso ...

Alessandra Filiaci - 01/10/2021 - 21:31

Ancient Text Prescribing Ways to Conceive a Baby Boy Included in New University Textbook in India

A new university textbook in India has included a controversial, ancient recipe that supposedly formulates a sure way to conceive a boy. The text encourages women who want to conceive a boy to find two north facing branches of a Banyan tree that has grown in a stable, take precisely two grains of urad dal and mustard seeds, mix all the ingredients with curd, and consume the mixture.

ancient-origins - 09/05/2017 - 18:52

The Literary Panorama of the Tarot Cards: Historical Reality and Myths

... of study and creative use of the Tarot and author of the books I Tarocchi. Il Sentiero Degli Uomini E Degli Dei " ...

Alessandra Filiaci - 24/02/2020 - 20:24

Rare Masterpiece Uncovered on Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus

An Italian-Egyptian team have reconstructed a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art. They have been able to virtually recreate the face of a leopard that was found on a sarcophagus lid in a necropolis. They recreated the face of the big cat using the latest digital technology.

Ed Whelan - 03/03/2020 - 19:02

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Sieges on Kingdoms – Part 2

The storm was on the horizon and it was time to pay financially, for King Menahem gave a thousand talents of silver (about 37 tons, or 34 metric tons, of silver) to Tiglath-pileser by extracting 50 shekels from each wealthy man. An enormous 60,000 citizens of wealth gave up their money to the Assyrian coffers. This makes one wonder how many poor people in turn had to repay those wealthy citizens for their lost monies.

Cam Rea - 08/11/2016 - 02:07