Forge of Creation

April 24, 2008 on 8:41 pm | In Iconography | No Comments
The Valley of Fire derives its name from red sandstone formations, which were formed from sand dunes during the Jurassic period. Prehistoric users of the Valley of Fire were the Anasazi who were farmers from the nearby fertile Moapa Valley. The timespan of approximate occupation has been dated from 300 B.C. to 1150 A.D. Their [...]

Of Gods and Mortals

April 8, 2008 on 6:11 pm | In AA_Theory, Iconography | No Comments
Is it possible that our definition of God has changed over the last 10,000 years? Could it be that the original meaning of the word God was “a master more powerful/intelligient than anyone else we have encountered”? or even “the strong guy that wields lightning and orders us around a lot”? and that through centuries of [...]

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 [...]