Japanu je mjesto gdje se prakticira zen budizam. U Japanu ima trinaest različitih budističkih škola, svaka sa svojim hramovima, svećenicima i brojnim sljedbenicima. Te škole uključuju tendai, shingon, rinzai, jodo, nichiren, soto, obaku, ritsu, juzu-nenbucu, hosso, kegon i ji-shu. Od tih trinaest škola, tri su povezane sa zen budizmom: rinzai, soto i obaku. Riječ “zen” … Read more
Alongside Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform script is among the oldest known scripts. It preceded the still unknown Phoenician, so-called “Linear B” script. Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered by Champollion, while the Phoenician script remains a mystery. Emerging from obscurity, cuneiform script became a subject of great interest worldwide in the 17th century, so it cannot be said … Read more
There will always be those who courageously sail the ocean of life to discover and explore new paths, because the human spirit is restless and always strives for higher and better. “To go as far as possible for a man to go. Reach further than any man before me…”, these are the words of Captain … Read more
Based on what is this tumulus placed in the Bronze Age, i.e. in the 2nd millennium BC? What was its original function, considering that it is located in a quarry? What is being said about him as an observatory, tomb, and sanctuary? It is about a tomb under a stone tumulus, and it is a … Read more
It seems that the time has passed when progress was thought to require severing ties with the past, which was seen as hindering that same progress. After tumultuous and difficult experiences in the past few centuries, it has been established that it is a misconception to equate material and technological progress with spiritual and moral … Read more
“We have chosen the temple in Edfu as the central motif of this article because it is associated with a whole range of myths and descriptions of daily rituals left behind by the Egyptians.” “According to the research conducted in this temple of Upper Egypt since Napoleon’s expedition in 1799, continued by the Frenchman Mariette, … Read more
Like the ruins of the city named Troy lay dormant under layers of earth, so did the epics Iliad and Odyssey, along with many other epics and songs, become forgotten with the decline of ancient culture, waiting for a rebirth. This rebirth happened during the Renaissance, when there was a renewed interest in all things … Read more
tions revealed the remains of a Roman villa, a Roman mosaics, and other artifacts from ancient times. The most significant finding was a relief of the goddess Isis, which suggests that Risan was an important center of the Illyrian cult of Isis. These discoveries have shed light on the rich cultural and historical heritage of … Read more
The Hellenistic period in history began with the conquests of Alexander the Great in 334 BC and was a time of military and political domination of the Greek Macedonians in the Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East. The political domination of the Macedonians over other peoples from Egypt and Syria to India was accompanied … Read more
During the Augustan principate, the so-called Roman peace (Pax Romana, 30 BC) was established, which ensured 250 years of relative peace and stability to the Roman Empire. Within that period, from the arrival of Nerva to the imperial throne in 96 AD to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in 180 AD, it was … Read more
