Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
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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Sylvia Rose
Feb 274 min read
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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