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Jimson Weed, Witches & Zombies
Jimson (Datura stramonium) is among the herbs and plants of magic and healing. It's known as a flying ointment for witches, a folk...
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Mar 85 min read
Kaolinite: White Pigment with Benefits
Kaolinite, a white clay mineral, is among the first pigments. It's created by the weathering of minerals found in stone. Present in...
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Mar 76 min read
Horse in Dreams - Meaning of Horses
Horses in dreams have universal and singular meanings. A dream of riding a horse is widely accepted as good luck. Dream interpretation or...
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Mar 75 min read
Hippomancy: Sacred Horse Divination
Hippomancy is divination using horses or horse bones and skulls to gain mystical insight. From the Greek hippos, meaning "horse", and...
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Mar 79 min read
Ashvamedha - Sacred Horse Sacrifice
Ashvamedha is a sacred horse sacrifice practiced by followers of the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. An elaborate ritual system of...
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Mar 66 min read
Red Ocher (Ochre) Ancient Pigments
Red ocher is among the first colors appearing on the palette of early humans, along with white and red. Black, white and red are also...
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Mar 65 min read
Oldest Cattle Cult 6000 BCE - Arabia
The oldest cattle cult appears in Arabia c. 6000 BCE. Described by the research team as the “first large-scale, monumental ritual...
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Mar 54 min read
Milk & Dairy: Ancient Lactose Gene
Neolithic farmers in Britain and Northern Europe are the first to use cattle for human milk consumption. Early humans are lactose...
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Mar 57 min read
Horse Burials & Sacrifice: Ancient World
Horse burials are ritual entombment of horses, relating to a deceased human. Horse burials take various forms including cremation, burial...
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Mar 44 min read
Broad Beans (Fava) - Bronze Age Crops
Broad beans (Vicia faba), faba or fava beans are cultivated as a crop from pre-Neolithic times to present day. Among the earliest...
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Mar 47 min read
Hünenburg: Bronze Age European Trade Hub
Hünenburg (Huenenburg) bei Watenstedt is a Bronze Age settlement in Germany. Only the rampart walls and inner ditches remain. In use by...
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Mar 33 min read
Chalcanthite: Crystal Blue Explosion
Chalcanthite is a brightly colored blue-green copper sulfate mineral. Its name comes from ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós) 'copper', and...
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Mar 35 min read
Limonite: Ancient Earth Pigments
Limonite is an iron earth mineraloid among the first colors of the Stone Age palette. Grinding limonite produces yellow ochre. Other...
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Mar 24 min read
Gold-of-Pleasure: Bronze Age Crops
Gold-of-pleasure (Camelina sativa) plant is a member of the mustard family Brassicaceae. By c. 2000 BCE it's a popular crop for lamp and...
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Mar 14 min read
Woad, the People's Blue: Ancient Pigments
Woad ( Isatis tinctoria ) is a plant yielding a blue pigment used in dyes, paint and medicine. A member of the mustard family, it's also...
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Mar 15 min read
Shamhat: Sacred Prostitute & the Wild Man
Sacred prostitute (harīmtu) Shamhat is a Mesopotamian legend. She's a central character in part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Shamhat is...
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Feb 295 min read
Kermes Insect & Ancient Red Pigments
The kermes insect is a primary source of vermilion and crimson from Neolithic times to the Middle Ages. The first red colors of the...
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Feb 285 min read
Neolithic Skull Cults & Ritual Skulls
Skull cults appear in various forms from the Stone Ages. Early origins may be the Levant or Turkey, in a broad swath of similar ritual...
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Feb 286 min read
Megaliths & Building at Gobekli Tepe
The oldest known megaliths are part of the amazing Neolithic site Gobekli Tepe (Göbekli Tepe). The region is inhabited from c. 11,000 to...
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Feb 275 min read
After the Ice Age - Neolithic Builders
Neolithic building societies arise as the last Ice Age ends c. 10,000 BCE. The end of the ice age leads to warming climates and...
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