The main attraction in the area around Inverness is the site of the Battle of Culloden. However, there is another site nearby that is also an important part of Scotland’s past. One mile southeast of the battlefield set on a terrace above the River Nairn are the Clava Cairns also called the Balnuaran of Clava. […]
Category: Ancient (pre BCE)
Eostre
She is the Germanic Goddess of Spring. She is attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work The Reckoning of Time, where he states that during Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Ēostre’s honor called Eosturmonath. However, Bede is our only source for the historical Eostre. There are no other […]
The Great Serpent Mound
In a previous post, we discussed the Mississippians and their mound city at Cahokia (http://www.historynaked.com/the-mississippians/) Another similar system of mounds were made in Ohio, although much earlier than the Cahokia mounds. The Great Serpent Mound is found in Adams County, Ohio near the town of Peeples. Millions of years ago, a large meteor crashed into […]
New Grange
Built as a part of a complex of monuments along the River Boyne in Ireland, New Grange is a passage tomb dating from circa 3200 BCE. Along with Knowth and Dowth, these are called Brú na Bóinne. New Grange is the largest of as many as 35 so called passage tombs in the region. Passage […]
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Written on November 10, 2016 by AG at 8:41 PM | 0
AG, Ancient (pre BCE), Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World
AG, Ancient (pre BCE), Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, despite clear division between them, Humanity, the Wild, and the Divine are inextricably linked in a synergetic relationship. Throughout the text, a significant emphasis is made on the differences between this triad. However the events of the story itself only prove their strong inter-connectivity. In the text, Humbaba was a […]