“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
The German map in the image above is dated 1633. The German map below is dated 1662. Spot the difference? It seems that in the latter part of the 17th century some one decided to decapitate the Imperial Eagle. Strange fact – the original Imperial was bi-cephalous, facing East, facing West. But after […]
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Nope…I don’t know either. But I’m beginning to realise that the Tartarians did, in fact, build some All?) of the world’s most famous Labyrinths. I’ve been reading Herodotus, Book Two, Egypt. (Yawn!) He says of the famous Egyptian Labyrinth, which surpassed the pyramids: “It has twelve covered courts — six in a row facing north, […]
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From Nikitas Choniates, 12th century Byzantine writer: Thus the wretched Andronicus was arrested, bound, and thrown into a boat together with the women… He was confined in the so-called prison of Anemas with two heavy chains weighing down his proud neck, the iron collar used to fetter caged lions, and his feet were painfully shackled. […]
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The symbol of The Right Hand/The Bloodied Hand/The Red Hand has a long history. But why? Whose hand? I’ve lived in Ulster…twice…and often asked the locals what the Red Hand of Ulster meant. Every answer was somewhat different. It is also associated with the Roman Legions, sitting atop their standards. The Native […]
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OK. I’ve just come across this vid below. Wow! One of my most prized presents is the singing bowl that my youngest son bought for me in Nepal. The Real Deal. I love, love, love it. But I never knew that it could do this………
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What’s going on with the fire thing? The Isle of Bute, Western Scotland has wild fires. My heart lies in the Isles. Really pissed off now :o( ERE yet dim twilight brightened into day, Or waned the silver morning star away, Shedding its last, lone, melancholy smile, Above the mountain-tops of far Argyll; Ere […]
Read MoreTwo superb, Very Important videos from Martin Leidtke Love it. LOVE IT :o)
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave. When first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott. 1808 This post is subtitled – When England “Discovered” Russia. I’ve been reading a thesis on Giles Fletcher the Elder. I like theses because they are written by people who are in-with-the-in-crowd and who have access to more arcane sources […]
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Man has Seven Ages…Woman has Three. MAN All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. Then the whining […]
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I seem to be having a Greek day today. And on the hunt for those revered Ancients. They seem to’ve got lost somewhere around the Middle Ages. Oh dear! Here are some quotes about Ancient Greece, written by Historians (the Real Ones. So they deserve a capital H) “In what concerns the fate […]
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BLOW IT UP. Here Endeth the Lesson. I seem to have found a theme-for-today :o) Interesting photos below showing what REALLY happened to the Acropolis in Athens. And maybe an answer to the question WHY? (All pictures taken from Dark Ages in Medieval History – New Chronology) Here is an 1869 […]
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CHOP ITS ARMS OFF. Here endeth the lesson. No – I’m not being facetious. This is exactly what happened to the Statue of Laocoön and his sons. The picture above is of the original statue. It’s said to be ancient but was more likely sculpted during the 16th century. Laocoön is (maybe) a […]
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