Heretics and Holy Warriors: The Persecution of the Knights Templar
Heresy trials, convictions and death by burning at the stake awaited the Templar leadership in France where the hatred of Philip IV prevailed over an indecisive Pope. In many countries, the Templars 'melted away', except in Portugal where they were long established and members of the royal family had joined the Order of Christ. A true tale of brutal persecution with a distinctly roasted Medieval flavour.
Continue reading...Where To Watch Tomorrow’s Leonid Meteor Showers
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The famous Leonid Meteors return to Earth once again on November 16th and 17th, 2009. A spectacular meteorite display is predicted in many hot spots around the globe as at least two comet dust trails collide with the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Let's doff our astronomical caps to the Leonids, among the brightest meteors you're ever likely to see lighting up the night sky.
Continue reading...Gazing into the Limits of the Universe
Monday, November 2, 2009
Astronomers have seen farther back in time and identified the earliest and youngest galactic object that can be observed in our universe. It is a galactic cluster, 10.2 billion years distant. We observe these galaxies as they were when the universe was only a quarter of its present age. This awe-inspiring discovery lies at the limit of what we will ever be are able to 'see' in the universe. Incredible!
Continue reading...The Rise and Fall of Christianity’s Warrior Monks
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Knights Templar were the Crusade's premier weapon of certain destruction. They repeatedly tested Saladin and Muslim leadership for almost two centuries. The Templars also became a European banking power that would earn the lethal hatred of Philip IV, King of France. Let's saddle up for a history of this legendary elite order and follow these warrier monks through the most epic battles in which they fought.
Continue reading...Black Gold Still Rules in Pipelineistan
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The bottom line on the Iraq and AfPAK wars, and the American fixation on Iran, is oil. Obscene amounts of money, civilian lives and American integrity continue to be wasted on attempts to secure control over Central Asian energy resources, and the pipeline network that must be built to get this Black Gold to market.
Continue reading...Megaliths and Murder: The History of Stonehenge
Friday, October 16, 2009
Recent research at Stonehenge has revised and clarified the site's chronology. New discoveries have revealed the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen, who likely directed the assembly of the largest sarsen and trilithon constructions. Very recently, a third henge has been discovered at Stonehenge that may have played a pivotal role in funeral rituals. But let's go right back to ancient times and look at Stonehenge's timeline – from the very beginning.
Continue reading...The Blueprint for Stonehenge
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The ritual timber circle at Durington Walls known as the Southern Circle may be the model used by the priest-astronomer-architects who designed Stonehenge. Let's reconstruct this incredible archeological find. In so doing, we'll get a feel for what life was like in the only Neolithic village discovered in England - and possibly the largest of its time in all of northwest Europe. This settlement may even have been the resting and feasting place for the work crews who built Stonehenge.
Continue reading...The Legend Behind the People Who Moved the Monoliths of Stonehenge
Friday, October 2, 2009
The 'sarsen stones' for the great stone circle at Stonehenge came from southern Wales. Their transport to Salisbury Plain brought the encapsulated sacred power of an unknown Welsh hero to southern Britain thereby to ensure the mythic potency of Stonehenge. Join us on an archeological dig back to the time of the legendary King Arthur, where we'll meet a band of Bronze Age bowmen and rather extraordinary kind of construction project manager.
Continue reading...What the Lascaux Cave Paintings Tell Us About How Our Ancestors Understood the Stars
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The important discoveries of the astronomer-priests of Late Upper Paleolithic Europe included the first constellations, the ecliptic and the structure of the zodiac. Join us as we travel to Lascaux, a World Heritage Site and late Upper Paleolithic cave complex in southwestern France that belongs to the Magdalenian Culture. With Lascaux’s cave paintings having been made in c.15–18,000 BC, our journey there is a journey into the wonders of archeo-astronomy.
Continue reading...The Oldest Lunar Calendar on Earth
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Oldest Lunar Calendars and Earliest Constellations have been identified in cave art found in France and Germany. The astronomer-priests of these late Upper Paleolithic Cultures understood mathematical sets, and the interplay between the moon annual cycle, ecliptic, solstice and seasonal changes on earth. By looking into the past some 32,000 B.C., we gain an idea of how our ancestors first made sense of the heavens.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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