"Now we sleep for a thousand years. When we wake, the world will end." ~The Red Dragon's Song, c. about a thousand years ago Ancient Dragon Lords ruled the Earth for several million years, the dominant force on the planet [overlapping the dinosaur and th
Then in 1999 another great ancient Amazonian Indian society was discovered. The discovery was declared by the media to be the Lost City of Z or El Dorado, and it certainly has the grandeur of the legends if not the gold. Spread out over 7,700 square miles and supporting a population of ...
This 19th-century Indian queen is an exciting figure. Raised to fight and to ride, Lakshmibai lost her mother at the age of four. She was married to the leader of Jhansi province in northern India. After the death of their own son, she and her husband adopted a young man called Anand...
Harland, 'Indians: Aelian on Indian views and customs about animals (late second century CE),' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified April 11, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=13918. Ancient authors: Aelian (second-third century CE), On Cha...
EVERYBODY IS KUNG FU FIGHTING ; the Ancient Martial Art Developed by an Indian Monk Is Now Compulsory in Central Chinese Schools. and Pupils and Parents Love the Idea. Clifford Coonan Reports from Beijing Martial Arts in Modern China
A common theme is the depictions of a dragon (symbolizing Satan) fighting a lion (symbolizing Christ). Lower left is one such depiction, showing a dragon that looks very much like a sauropod dinosaur, taken from St. Remigius’ Church. Other dragon scenes are also depicted. Notice the ...
Seal engravers made use of the most significant Akkadian innovations. The small space on each seal was filled with lively scenes: gods and heroes fighting hand to hand against wild animals, monsters, and processional carriages. Scenes of offerings, in which an intermediary or a personified deity ...
Some show people farming, eating and fighting. Others show their wedding(婚礼) and funeral(葬礼) customs. Many of the paintings are valuable. The paintings show something of the Chinese style of the capital Chang’an, but many also show Indian, Tibetan and Uighur(维吾尔族) painting styles....
Thezweihanderis possibly the biggest sword in history. It was used by Swiss and German infantrymen for fighting off pikes. These swords were used with two hands and were more than 70 inches (180 cm) long. Their weight usually ranged from 3 to 14 pounds (1.4 to 6.4 kilos). However, the...
Some showpeople farming, eating and fighting. Others show theirwedding and funeral(葬礼) customs. Many of thepaintings are valuable. The paintings show something ofthe Chinese style of the capital Chang'an, but many alsoshow Indian, Tibetan Uighur painting styles.In 1987 the Mogao Grottoes ...