As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Mary A Joyce
Mary Joyce has worked for two major metropolitan area newspapers as a writer, columnist, artist, Sunday magazine editor and feature editor. On the side, she’s written magazine articles and six books.
Her career includes working for a Fortune 100 company coordinating art and printing for talking children’s books. In that capacity, she worked directly with the creative teams at Marvel Comics, Golden Books, Mr. Rogers, Bill Cosby’s “PicturePages” and Steven Spielberg’s “ET” book staff.
Early in her career she taught in an experimental non-graded inner-city school and later held promotional positions with the world’s largest private printing company, an air pollution control agency, political campaigns and a community college. Currently she is editor of the Sky Ships over Cashiers website and continues to do research and writing.
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At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained.
The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe.
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