Early cultures used meteorites to craft weapons and jewelry long before anyone knew how to extract iron from ore.
According to Japanese myth, the goddess Amaterasu established the imperial family of Japan. She began by sending her grandson, Ninigi no Mikoto, to live on earth. Before Ninigi left heaven, the goddess gave him the mirror that drew her from the cave, as well as jewels and a sword belonging...
found their executor corporation1 trillion ISK in the negative for the corp wallet. They didn’t just lose a trillion ISK, the balance was negative 1 trillion ISK.
One figure seen in this configuration reflects a somewhat more delicate aesthetic than may be found in the more Western vision of a "mighty hunter". When these stars are near the zenith, some Japanese call the trapezoidal figureSode Boshi(kimono sleeve stars, Nojiri, 1973; Uchida, 1973). Sle...
Well-known examples of steel laminates, such as an Adze blade, dating to 400 BC can be found in the literature. The Japanese sword is a laminated composite at several different levels and Merovingian blades were composed of laminated steels. Other examples are also available, including composites...
However in Japanese Shinto shrines, there are no idols. In the center of the Holy of Holies of a Shinto shrine, there is a mirror, sword, or pendant. Nevertheless, Shinto believers do not regard these items as their gods. In Shinto, gods are thought to be invisible. The mirror, sword...
TheDadao大刀 Chinese War Sword was made famous by the 29th Army of the Chinese Nationalist Army fighting against the Japanese during the 1930s. They fought for 7 days & nights atXifengkou, killing 3000 enemies. Out of 500 elite soldiers of the 大刀隊 (Dadao Dui) "Big-Saber Contingent", ...
Here is the depiction of a 60-year-old version of you in a room filled with traditional Japanese teaware, capturing a serene and tranquil moment. A bit of nostalgia. Trafficking in the past these days as I continue to write stories in theStoryworthapp. 14 so far. Story is too grand ...
” experiment where I tinker with settings for an hour and get exasperated that one thing will scale and another will not while one setting persists through logout while another snaps back to the default. Anyway, if I had found a perfect setting I would have a post up about a belated ...
In 1938, in China, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the destruction of flood-control dikes of the Huayuankou section of the Yellow River, to flood areas threatened by the Japanese army. West of Kaifeng, dikes were destroyed with dynamite, spilling water across the flat plain. Even though the flood ...