Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...
Reader Lee Zimmer brings a curious fact to this columnist’s attention. The exteriors of several buildings in Spokane have what most of us consider to be a medical symbol – the caduceus, a winged staff ...
The story of Phidippides and Pan, the god of the wild, stands as the most baffling episode of the Ancient Greek world—one of ...
As any Jewish child learns, his faith, like others, is filled with symbols, traditions, rituals, rites, and words that only time and practice will make familiar. In Judaism, a different language, ...
Statue of Greek god uncovered by archaeologists during excavation of ancient Roman sewer in Bulgaria
Archaeologists near Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Greece uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes during a dig this week. The unexpected find happened during excavation ...
Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt by P Boylan (Oxford, 1922) The Origins of Osiris and his Cult by JG Griffiths (Leiden, 1980) A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by G Hart (London, 1986) The Gods ...
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