Sylvia Rose
Oldest Cult Megaliths - Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe (Gobeki Tepe) is the oldest known group of cult buildings in the world, dating c. 9500 BCE. In central south Turkey near the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 267 min read
Gobekli Tepe - Neolithic Life Anatolia
Göbekli Tepe or Gobekli Tepe in today's Turkey is occupied between c. 9500 and c. 8000 BCE. People of the prehistoric settlement leave...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 255 min read
Istustaya & Papaya - Dyad of Destiny
Istustaya and Papaya are ancient Hittite goddesses responsible for the fates of mortals. They're said to appear at a birth to oversee the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 257 min read
Red Madder: Organic Ancient Colors
Red madder (Rubia tinctorum) is a precious plant for organic red dyes. Its bright roots yield two red dye pigments. One is alizarin; the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 246 min read
Prussian Blue - Delight of Artists & Poisoners
Prussian blue is a vibrant hue first created in 1706 by Swiss German paint manufacturer Johann Diesbach (1670 - 1748) in Berlin. A vivid...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 235 min read
Lead White & Minium Red: Colors to Die For
Since early antiquity, the iron ore cerussite has yielded brilliant white and red pigments used in art and even medicine. In ancient...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 225 min read
Castor Oil, Wigs & Death in Ancient Egypt
Castor oil is common in ancient Egypt. It's the preferred lamp oil. A revitalizing skin ointment, castor oil is also a constituent in...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 214 min read
Wandering Womb - Ancient Medicine
Wandering womb or wandering uterus is a term used to describe a source of female illness, thought to be caused by a displaced womb moving...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 219 min read
Semen - Life & Death in the Ancient World
Semen in the ancient world is seen from a creative force to an unclean toxin. In early anatomical thinking the semen is stored in the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 205 min read
Creation, Cattle & the Cosmic Cow
Cattle cults are thought to begin in Neolithic times and migrate through trade and travel. Evidence of cow or bull cultures date back to...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 206 min read
Cattle Goddesses & the Cosmic Cow
In myth and spirituality the divine cow signifies abundance, prosperity, motherhood, nurturing, generosity and renewal of life. In one...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 195 min read
Hathor: Cosmic Cow Goddess of Ancient Egypt
Hathor (Ancient Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥr, lit. 'House of Horus') is a primary goddess of ancient Egypt. A sky deity, she's mother of Horus and...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 184 min read
Book of the Heavenly Cow - Myths of Egypt
The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an Egyptian myth about the re-ordering of the universe by Ra (Re), God of the Sun. It takes place when Ra...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 184 min read
Khella - Ancient Health & Herbology
Khella plants (Ammi visnaga) are flowering herbs of the carrot family, related to Queen Anne's lace and poison hemlock. Native to parts...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 183 min read
Eye of Ra Egypt - Wrath of the Woman
Anger of the Eye of Ra blazes across storming skies and battlefields. She burns the crops of evil men and punishes those who seed...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 175 min read
Crocodilopolis - Sobek Crocodile God
Crocodilopolis is the cult site of an ancient Egyptian city centered upon the worship of Sobek, the Crocodile God. Sobek is the name for...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 175 min read
Neolithic Nubia & Early Egyptians
Tales of gold and mystic perfumes, exotic animals and gems the color of blood come from lands south of ancient Egypt. Trade between Egypt...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 167 min read
Ancient Egypt Remedies: Ebers Papyrus
Antelope dung, lizard blood, mother's milk and a crocodile effigy tied to the head are just a few of the recommended medical treatments...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 164 min read
Herbs & Natural Remedies - Ancient Egypt
A list of natural health treatments for diseases of body and mind is part of the renowned Ebers Papyrus of ancient Egypt. The detailed...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 167 min read
Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Ebers Papyrus
The Ebers Papyrus is one of the most informative manuscripts about medicine in ancient Egypt, health, disease, remedies, surgery, recipes...
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