Sylvia Rose
Ka - Life Essence in Ancient Egypt
Ka ( kꜣ ) is part of the human soul, the vital essence of life. When the ka departs the body, the person is dead. Frog goddess Heqet or...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 194 min read
Heh Gods & Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt
Ḥeḥ is the personification of infinity in the Ogdoad in ancient Egypt. The Ogdoad are eight primordial deities. His name at first means...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 195 min read
Magic: Heka & the Ka in Ancient Egypt
Heka is the god of magic and magical power. His name is the Egyptian word for 'magic'. It also pertains to cult practice. Heka (Hike,...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 186 min read
Witches & Witchcraft: Ancient World
Witches work with occult or supernatural energies. In legend, witches are malevolent in nature. They can access realms of the Undead and...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 176 min read
The Sex Demons - Incubus & Succubus
A sexual spirit or demon preys on a person through the act of intercourse or intimacy. In traditional lore the incubus is the male...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 175 min read
Drude: Germanic Demon of Darkness
Druden (sing. Drude) are creatures of darkness, part of the complex cosmology of German myth and folklore. The Drude is a demon greatly...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 164 min read
Wigs & Natural Hair in Ancient Egypt
The art of wig-making in history dates back to pre-Bronze Age Egypt. The earliest known Egyptian wig is found in a female burial at...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 154 min read
Chamomile - Herbology & Folklore
Chamomile is essential to any herbal medicine shelf. It's one of several species of bright daisy-like plants with white petals and...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 157 min read
Verdigris: Coveted Blue Green Copper Pigment
Verdigris is the green rust or patina on copper, created as the metal reacts with oxygen in the environment. Copper corrodes green to...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 144 min read
Spelt Wheat - Bronze Age Grain Crops
Spelt (Triticum spelta) is the hardy hybrid of a domestic wheat and a type of wild goat-grass (Aegilops taschii). First evidence of...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 146 min read
Einkorn Wheat - First Domestic Crops
Einkorn wheat is one of the first crops to be domesticated, along with emmer wheat. The earliest Einkorn domestication appears at...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 145 min read
Emmer Wheat - First Domestic Crops
Emmer wheat (hulled wheat) is one of the first grain crops, along with einkorn wheat. Initially domesticated in the near East, emmer...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 135 min read
Orpiment - Painter's Golden Poison
Orpiment is a golden orange or yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. Found in volcanic fumaroles, low-temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 138 min read
Çayönü Tepesi: Blood of the Earth
Çayönü Tepesi (Cayonu) is a Neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. From c. 8630-6800 BCE it's a site of innovation, agriculture and human...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 126 min read
Terrazzo Floors & Neolithic Masons
Terrazzo is among the earliest building techniques of humans, dating to 9500 BCE. Terrazzo is an aggregate of crushed stone with a binder...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 124 min read
Lammašaga: Sumerian Angel Goddess
Lammašaga (Lammasaga) is an ancient Sumerian goddess, and sukkal of the medicine goddess Bau. Belonging to a class of guardian deities or...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 116 min read
Ninsun - Lady of the Wild Cows
Ninsun is a goddess of Mesopotamia, mother of legendary king of Uruk, Gilgamesh. She's revered through the lands as a goddess of wisdom,...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 115 min read
Black Pigments of Ancient Artisans
Black is among the first pigments in the palette of early humans. By Paleolithic times, black defines lines, shadows and meaning. Black...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 103 min read
White Pigments of Ancient Artisans
White pigments used in ancient art, spirituality and beauty include bone, limestone variations like chalk and other natural sources....
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 106 min read
Weld Yellow: Ancient Nature Pigments
Weld (Reseda luteola) is a natural yellow dye and pigment made from a flowering plant of the Resedaceae family. Weld is praised by...
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