Everything that is not written or preserved through oral tradition is forgotten. How many cities, works of art, beliefs, and ancient languages have disappeared from our historical memory! If we return to the distant past through various traces that are rarely preserved today, exploring the history of scent use and its importance in both sacred … Read more
1976, at the age of seventy-nine, after a lifetime of serving in the British army, where he held high positions and mingled with presidents and kings, General John Bagot Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha, wrote a short but insightful essay about the life cycle of empires titled The Fate of Empires. In this little book, … Read more
The Discovery of the Hittites Until the end of the 19th century, the Hittites were considered another ancient people who had once existed and then disappeared from the historical stage and fell into oblivion. Knowledge about them was mainly derived from the Bible, where their name is mentioned several times, as well as from records … Read more
From ancient times, human communities have been living in harmony with Nature. They have felt themselves a part of it, and the mental image of the physical mother has always been identified with the image of the Mother of the World, hence female deities are older than male ones, and the importance of their cult … Read more
We all dream of immortality. As if unconsciously knowing that nothing less can satisfy us. But we mix it up with infinite life, which would be nothing but a source of new sufferings. And it is precisely eternity that calls and awaits us. Honestly speaking, who among us is not afraid of death? Even the … Read more
Accustomed as we are to holding rigid and exclusive opinions, life and death have become two topics that captivate us in a special way. Generally, death is the one that causes greater aversion and fear, as it concerns unknown levels to us, except when it is considered an endless emptiness, a nothingness without content. Comparing … Read more
