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Triskelions: Ancient and Modern - Dancing with Water
The triskelion or” triskele” is also known as the tri-spiral or “Spiral of Life.” The three spirals in the triskelion are interconnected with no open ends thus creating one continuous line. Each spiral turns in the same direction. This symbol is found on many ancient carvings, the most famous of which is Newgrange in County Meath, Ireland, which dates back to 2500 BC. The symbol is carved into the rock at the main entrance. It is one of the most famous stones in Megalithic art.
This 5,300-Year-Old Body Has The World's Oldest Known Tattoos
This 5,300-Year-Old Body Has The World's Oldest Known Tattoos
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Hatshepsut is one of the most powerful women in the ancient world and one of the best monks in ancient Egypt. She was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt and ruled longer than any ruler in Egyptian history.
A rare combination of ancient Hindu and Buddhist symbols: the solar disc, related to the deity Vishnu; the trident of Shiva, representing the unity of past, present and future; and the eightfold lotus, alluding to Enlightenment and the Path.
Museums of Greece
5th C. A Greek Kernos associated with the worship of Demeter, carried in procession at the Eleusinian Mysteries atop the head of a priestess. A lamp was sometimes placed in the middle of a stationary kernos. /Archaeological Museum of Eleusis:
THE RE-EMERGENCE OF OUR CREATIVE POWER - UNCOVERING OUR INNER ROAR
Sekhmet, the lion-headed goddess of war, Sekhmet Temple, Karnak, Egypt.
Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders (late 14thC.)
The Kitab al-Bulhan, or Book of Wonders, is an Arabic manuscript dating mainly from the late 14th century A.D. and probably bound together in Baghdad during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382-1410). The manuscript is made up of astrological, astronomical and geomantic texts compiled by Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani, as well as a dedicated section of full-page illustrations,
Mu, Mayan, Egyptian alphabets The similarities are uncanny. Did these three civilizations communicate with each other?
Pergamon Museum - Susa _DSC17971
A small section of the Achaemenid Palaces of Darius in Susa, Persia, constructed by Babylonian craftsmen when Babylon was part of the world's first true empire.
Approximately 5,000 years old, these enigmatic stone ’balls’ were discovered at the Neolithic village of Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland. Their orginal use remains a mystery.
Taoism and the Arts of China
Star map. Ink rubbing of a stele at the Confucian Temple, Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Southern Song dynasty, Chunyou reign, dated 1247
The Egyptian Book of the Faiyum, 1st century BC-2nd century AD. The Book of the Faiyum is the modern name of a text that describes the Faiyum oasis as the mythical center of prosperity and ritual. The text was compiled during the Greco-Roman period, perhaps in the temple of the crocodile god Sobek in Shedet, but it may be based on precedents from earlier periods.