Forge of Creation

Electricity in the Ancient World?

April 14, 2008 on 2:48 pm | In AA_Theory, Artifacts | No Comments
The Temple of Hathor at Dendera, on the Nile north of Luxor, is one of the latest Egyptian temples. Dedicated to the wife of the god Horus, it was built in Roman times and depictions show Roman emperors alongside Egyptian gods. Along with Abydos, which is further north, Dendera is a day trip from Luxor. The [...]

The Piri Reis Map

April 3, 2008 on 12:55 pm | In Artifacts, Iconography | No Comments
In 1929, scholars working in the archives of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey’s Topkapi Palace Museum made an exciting discovery: a section of an early 16th-century Ottoman map based in part, apparently, on the original chart drawn or used by Christopher Columbus and showing his historic discoveries in the New World. The map, signed by [...]