“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.”
Just a quick question. And, no, I can’t answer it myself yet but… In the zillions of years B.C, when Egypt had so much wealth and power, has anyone ever found coins/money/moolah/dosh used by the Pharaohs? Any coin found before the Ptolemaic era? Whenever the Greek Ptolemaic Era Really Was! All those B.C, generations. No […]
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Please read the previous post first – Why were the Mamelukes annihilated in 1811? Who were the Mamelukes? As the post before this stated – they were European Christians, not Egyptian/Arab/Turks. Having double-checked my mad theory, I can now state with confidence that the Mameluke Dynasty that ruled Egypt for over 400 years were in […]
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OK – Second question first. Who were the Mamelukes? As always, there is the ever un-reliable Wiki, Mamluk This wikiwhatever page is strangely similar to the one about the Janissaries! The history books tell us that the Mamelukes were the Islamic rulers of medieval Egypt. Former Caucasian slaves, they took power in around […]
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In the Year 1380 The Grand Khan/Great Prince of Tartaria/The Great Empire issues an edict that lasts until 1600 – “All subjects are commanded to live in peace with each other, and the powerful are forbidden to oppress the poor.” Or in the vernacular…stop the bullshit, spread the love. We are not […]
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In the mind of the Hidden History Project – erm, that’ll be just me then – The Ottoman Empire is not what we have been taught. The 15th century battle(s) for Constantinople, you know, where the Turks kicked butt and stole the city…m’eh. The Ottomans were always an intrinsic part of the Great Empire. When […]
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I’m still on the Dorothy Dunnett vibe. Out of the six Lymond Chronicles, Pawn in Frankincense is my favourite. It’s partly why I know a bit about the Ottoman Empire and Constantinople. Lymond is causing havoc around the Mediterranean, especially in the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and his powerful wife, Roxelana. I was delighted […]
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Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland. This place has baffled people for a long time. For me, personally, I kind of lost faith when it was so heavily depicted in Dan Brown’s book The Da Vinci Code and the movie that followed. I think I’ve re-thunk that thought. Take a look at this source. What do you see/think/feel? […]
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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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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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Bizarreness Alert: (Oh – How I love making up words!) This book has been on my mind for several days now. You might say it is haunting me (?) Many (mumble) years ago a cherished and beautiful friend recommended it. And I adore everything about the story but…. It’s not so much the story that […]
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Hidden History Research 