No, dear reader, this is not Panama City on Spring Break. This is an actual religious festival from ancient Egypt. We have discussed how beer played a part in religious festivals, and that the Sumerians actually had a goddess specifically for it. (For more on Nin-kasi, please see this post: http://www.historynaked.com/nin-kasi-lady-fills-mouth-beer/ ) There was an […]
Category: Rest of the World
Eclipses- Historical Harbingers
Written on August 22, 2017 by ER at 1:49 PM | 1
Americas, Ancient (pre BCE), China, England, ER, Greece, Korea, Northern Europe, Rest of the World, Southern Europe
Americas, Ancient (pre BCE), China, England, ER, Greece, Korea, Northern Europe, Rest of the World, Southern Europe
If you’ve been anywhere near the news, you would have seen that a solar eclipse happened in the continental United States yesterday. I have to admit it was a pretty amazing experience as I was lucky enough to be in the path of totality. As the sky went dark and the crickets started chirping, I […]
Pingyang and the Army of the Lady
Pingyang was born in 600 to Li Yuan, a peasant who had risen through the army to become a commander. She was the only daughter to him and his second wife Duchess Dou. She did have two older sisters from Li Yuan’s first marriage, however, Pingyang spent more time with her four brothers. As was […]
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Written on July 18, 2017 by ER at 2:39 PM | 0
Central Asia, ER, Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World, Turkey
Central Asia, ER, Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World, Turkey
The latest news is that Beyoncé named one of her new babies after a Persian poet. Everyone is abuzz with discussions of who this man was and what exactly this means. Although the poetry was written in the 13th century, it has gathered popularity in the west beginning in the early 21st century. So who […]
Tamar of Georgia- Queen of Kings
Despite the name, I am not talking about the state in the Southern United States. There is a whole other country coincidentally called Georgia located on the Black Sea near Turkey. The name “Georgia” is probably a corruption of the Persian name for the people there, gurğān. There is also a theory put out there […]