The word ‘zodiac’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘circle of animals.’ The only zodiac sign that is non-representative of a living creature is Libra, the sign of the Scales. But in astronomy, even the Scales of Libra are borrowed from the stars of Scorpio and the claws of the giant s...
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We also know the greeks traded with the Etruscans because the Etruscan alphabet is similar to the greek one. … Ancient Words 487 Pages 2 Thugs in Ancient India Thugs In Accient India On a well-worn road through central India, Lieutenant Subhani of the Bengal Native Infantry and his ...
Sarcophagus is a Greek word meaning flesh-eating and refers to the mummy case. Scarab Simanovskiy / Getty Images Scarabs are amulets formed to look like the dung beetle, an animal associated, by the ancient Egyptians, with life, rebirth, and the sun god Re. The dung beetle gets its name...
In terms of the content of the inscriptions themselves, (1) we have one which includes this sequence of words: “God Jesus Christ,” as well as reference to a “table” which is most readily understood as a Eucharistic table, and a Greek word for “memorial.” Strikingly, this inscriptio...
“Geo” is the Greek word for “earth.” The suffix “logy” comes from the Greek word “logia,” meaning “speaking.” or “log.” meaning “word.” However, the use of this suffix in English has evolved to mean “the study” or the “science” of any discipline. The combination ...
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Romans had a god for everything, and soldiers were especially superstitious. Much of Greek medical thought opted for practicality in the treatment of wounds, and injuries; cleaning and bandaging wounds would have been more logical than putting another talisman about the neck. That said, let us ...
The Greek word “caught up” or “snatched up” means to seize, catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force) that word is harpazo. This Greek word translates to the Latin Vulgate as “rapturo” from which we get the English word “rapture.” ...