Nearly 300 years before the first Pirates of the Caribbean film fuelled the imagination of young, modern minds with exciting pirate adventures, a young boy named John King was living the life of a...
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Gerasimos Gerolymatos
Gerasimos was born in Athens. He has been painting for more than 30 years, mostly professionally. In 1983-86 he studied arts in Europe and specifically: In 1984, seminars of history of Arts and L. MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITAT in Munich, in 1985, seminars of history of art and the ‘Universita Per Stranieri’ at Perugia, and between 1985 and 1986m he studied painting and sketching at the ‘Scuola Dell Nudo’ of the Academy of Di Belle Arte Firenze and engraving at the workshop of professor Manfredi. In 1991-92, he continued his studies in sketching at the workshop of T. Riga in Athens.
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In Slavic mythology, there is a type of nymph, which can only be described as somewhere between a ghost and a fairy.
Human Origins
What happens when an archaeological site is so extraordinary, that it threatens to eclipse everything we knew about history up to that point? Some discoveries are just too hard to fully grasp, and...
Ancient Technology
In Sivershchina, close to the village of Mizyn in Ukraine is one of the oldest and most unique settlements of humans – and it was discovered in a parking lot. The now well-known archaeological site, known plainly as the Mizyn parking lot, dates back 18-20 thousand years.
Ancient Places
John A. Ruskamp Jr., Ed.D., reports that he has identified an outstanding, history-changing treasure hidden in plain sight. High above a walking path in Albuquerque’s Petroglyph National Monument, Ruskamp spotted petroglyphs that struck him as unusual. After consulting with experts on Native American rock writing and ancient Chinese scripts to corroborate his analysis,
Opinion
What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds
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