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Professor Discovers Oldest Script for Stand-Up Comedy in Scottish Library
... a troupe or guild, entrapping the minds of audiences with music, singing, dancing, storytelling, and juggling. Dr Wade, ...
ashley cowie - 01/06/2023 - 19:05
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The sacred and magical sistrum of ancient Egypt
The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological character of joy, festivity, fertility, eroticism and dance. It was also shaken to avert the flooding of the Nile and to frighten away Seth, the god of the desert, storms, disorder, and violence.
aprilholloway - 24/08/2014 - 13:37
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The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin
... piper got rid of the rats by leading them away with his music, the people of Hamelin reneged on their promise. The ... could not keep up, another was deaf and could not hear the music, while the third one was blind and could not see where ... (street without drums), as no one is allowed to play music or dance there. Incidentally, it is said that the rats ...
dhwty - 03/11/2020 - 23:15
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The Whirling Dervish Dance: A Sacred Ritual to Touch the Divine
... age of 37. Among other things, Shams introduced Rumi to music, poetry, and dance as a mystical way of connecting with ... of God. A cymbal player also takes part in performing the music. The Taksim is followed by the Derv-i Veled ... Powell, R., 2014. 'Whirling Dervishes:' Music, rhythm and belief united. [Online] Available here . ...
dhwty - 20/11/2020 - 22:09
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The Rosslyn Chapel Carvings: Facts, Mysteries, and Conspiracies
... arches on Rosslyn Chapel ceiling - dubbed “frozen music”. He later wrote the book ‘Music of the Cubes,’ providing a unique insight into the ...
dhwty - 03/07/2019 - 20:44
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Stone Age Enlightenment & Sacred Numbers in Megalithic Monuments
... Planetary Harmony: Creating Megalithic Structures Through Music” Seeking Answers? GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN BEFORE AUGUST ...
ancient-origins - 13/08/2018 - 18:10
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Ismail al-Jazari: Medieval Muslim Inventor and "Father of Robotics"
... used automaton musicians, a series of figures that played music, again operated by camshafts and water wheels. The ...
Aleksa Vučković - 13/12/2020 - 21:19
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The Healing Power of Dream Incubation in Ancient Greece
... Rulers The Ancient Grotto of the Seven Sleepers Story and Music Another important consideration in understanding ... of the psyche over the physical body - is the value of music, ritual drama and enactment in the journey towards deep ... initiation rituals, so too did the sleep temples employ music and drama to make contact with the inner beings of ...
Sarah Janes - 03/07/2021 - 01:58
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Architect presents radical new theory that Stonehenge was a two-storey, wooden feasting and performance hall
Could the prehistoric Stonehenge megaliths once have been the support for a wooden, two-storey roundhouse, a venue for feasting, speakers and musicians? That’s the theory of an English landscape architect who designed a small model of what she has in mind and is looking for money to build a 1:10 scale model of the structure.
Sarah Ewbank says the fact she is not an archaeologist has freed her from preconceived notions and allowed her to approach the matter in a fresh way.
Mark Miller - 29/01/2016 - 14:50
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Top 8 Legendary Parties - Iconic Celebrations in Ancient History
Sometimes people just need to let their hair down. Whether you’re a despotic ruler seeking to distract from a major controversy or a downtrodden peasant looking to get away from the daily grind, nothing else distracts like a good party. It should come as no surprise that humans have been partying for thousands of years. Here’s a list of what people got up to at eight of history’s most legendary parties of all time.
Robbie Mitchell - 12/02/2023 - 18:00
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Roman Elections: The Rise and Fall Of Eccentric Roman Politicians
In the ancient world, the early distribution of political power was dictated by the availability of fresh water, fertile soil and a temperate climate, all of which were important for the development of organized societies. This greatly clarified the object of politics at the time which was to define boundaries. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were able to equip their large rivers with irrigation systems that allowed higher agricultural productivity and thus sustained surpluses and population growth.
MartiniF - 09/11/2020 - 21:03
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Scribes in Ancient Egypt: Custodians of the Voice and Words of the Divine – Part I
... is an Alan Gardiner sign from the category of 'writings, & music'. It contains the scribe's ink-mixing palette, a ...
anand balaji - 22/10/2018 - 15:53
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The Aboriginal Didgeridoo Was a Tool for Healing and Peace
Never has it been more important to search for clues to finding healing and peace in the world. With that in mind, it appears that within ancient Aboriginal societies the didgeridoo is believed to have been central element in communal rituals aimed at resolving conflicts and fostering unity.
Cecilia Bogaard - 15/12/2023 - 13:37
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Timeworn Roman Theater Uncovered at Remote Site of Lissos in Crete
Even today, the Cretan town of Lissos can only be reached by sea or a seemingly endless hike across the stunning landscape and mountains that surround it. Despite previous excavations uncovering abundant discoveries, its isolated location has complicated access over the years, as well as protecting Lissos from the incursions of modern-day tourism.
Sahir - 10/11/2022 - 22:00
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1800-Year-Old Horse and Chariot Burial Discovered in Croatia
Archaeologists in Croatia have unearthed an 1,800 year-old fossil of a Roman chariot and two horses.
ashley cowie - 18/10/2019 - 14:05
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Data Testing Julian Cope’s Dunnideer Hill Alignments Theory
In his popular guidebook to British prehistoric monuments, The Modern Antiquarian, rock musician and poet Julian Cope proposed that a distinctive Aberdeenshire hill in Scotland, the 264 meter (866 ft) high Dunnideer Hill, formed a visual focal point of reference in the landscape in relation to the positioning of ten nearby Scottish Recumbent Stone Circles (RSCs).
Dr. John Hill - 21/10/2021 - 14:42
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Bronze Age Death Rituals Included Curating Remains Of Predecessors
No two people deal with death in exactly the same way. Both on the individual and societal level we have to face the inevitable. These days many people turn to their religious, scientific, or spiritual beliefs to cope and make sense of the end of someone’s life. But what happened in the past? Researchers have now uncovered, for the first time, evidence that Bronze Age death rituals in Britain sometimes included holding onto or curating the remains of a cherished individual over several generations.
Alicia McDermott - 01/09/2020 - 00:05
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Healing with Sound in Ancient Temples: 111hz
John tells us: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’. Upanishads (a sacred Hindu text) say that the divine, all-encompassing consciousness first manifested as sound ‘OM’, the vibration of the Supreme. Everything has its own frequency. Pythagoras created his musical scale starting with a note A (just next to the middle C) that resonates at the frequency of 111Hz.
ancient-origins - 01/10/2016 - 21:45
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The Steam-Powered Pigeon of Archytas – The Flying Machine of Antiquity
... into four branches: geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music. In a preface to one of his writings (identified by ... geometry, arithmetic, astronomy , and, not least of all, music. These seem to be sister sciences, for they concern ...
mrreese - 19/12/2021 - 13:59
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Tomb of Chinese Emperor and 7 Nobles Full of Riches
... status in Western Han Dynasty, and even the development of music, transportation, metrology, and the evolution of ...
Mark Miller - 06/11/2015 - 03:49