I have just posted a brief overview of the history of the Knights Templar at the link below. Hope you enjoy.http://www.helium.com/items/1465966-history-of-the-knights-templar Read Full Story
After the furore and commercial, if not critical, success of The Da Vinci Code, it was inevitable that Angels and Demons would be next on Ron Howard’s “to do” list. Chronologically Robert Langdon’s first outing , but here implied as a sequel, it shares all of the violent, conspiracy theory plot lines of its predecessor. Here though the story is slightly less controversial and in many ways shows the Vatican in a very sympathetic light. Rather than being the enemy this time round, they are the ... Read Full Story
This is obviously a very emotive subject for many, especially for the every growing conservative Christian factions who are becoming more prominent in America today. One of the problems with understanding history is that our ticket to the past is mainly found in peoples writings. These thoughts and ideas are used by the next generation of writers to inspire their works and so it goes from generation to generation until you realise that any book you read today is just a series of interpretatio... Read Full Story
There are many forms of journey, physical, emotional, even spiritual and Aatish Taseer's account of his travels through the middle east takes in all of these and more. Challenged by a father he never knew as a child about his true understanding of his faith, he set off on an journey through the ancient Muslim heartland to gain more of an insight into the faith, culture and politics of his religious path. The goal was to ultimately arrive at his estranged fathers door both an older and wis... Read Full Story
I have just up loaded a bunch of (mainly) history books at Price Minister and there are loads more to be added, check out the list as they are all at bargain prices. A link is in the left hand menu. Read Full Story
The Neanderthals are an important part of mankind’s past. Being our closest pre-historic relatives. For 200,000 years they dominated they area geographically described as Eurasia, that is the continued landmass on which the continents of Europe and Asia sit. They managed to poke their, now famously, large and protruding noses into every corner of Europe, south along the Mediterranean, into Greece, Iraq, Russia and new evidence suggests almost as far as Mongolia in the east. It is calculated t... Read Full Story
Understanding history is a continuous process of revaluation and evolution of ideas. As new information is added to the historical, literary and archaeological record, so our view of the past must alter, sometimes in minor ways, occasionally in major paradigm shifts. It the west there has been a fascination with three ancient empires, the Egyptian and The Greek and The Roman. The explorer/antiquarians of the Victorian era saw these as being the epitome of culture and the very basis of Western... Read Full Story
Found a link to a very interesting site today, a scientific religion for the modern age. Haven't had time to fully explore its possibilities yet but thought that I should put it here for people to see. Let me know what you think. http://www.infinitism.org/index.asp Read Full Story
Read a fascinating article over on Mental Floss the other day about languages that had become extinct in the US. Thought I should do the decent thing and share it. Follow the link below for the full scoop.http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/22007 Read Full Story
