Hesiod and the Bestiary

For this week's Myth Monday, inspired by Michael K. Kellogg's chapter on Hesiod, from his delightful The Greek Search for Wisdom, I wanted to give the Hesiodic spin on the bulk of the monsters from Greek mythology. Then came another round (see : last week's Myth Monday) of The Clash of the Titans on television, and my plans were postponed -- I thought. The movie showed the Hero Who Looks Away (my nickname for Perseus) decapitating Medusa, but Pegasus and his brother failed to emerge from the severed neck. I figured I had to say something about that this week.

Trezoreria lui Atreu

Primul lucru pe care il vezi in timp ce te apropii, pe stanga, este Trezoreria lui Atreu. Acest mormant sub forma de stup este o constructie impresionanta, mai ales daca tinem cont de faptul ca a fost construit fara vreun strop de mortar. Mergi prin coridorul lung care patrunde in mormantul principal, unde acustica este uimitoare. Incearca sa vorbesti tare, pentru a te convinge. Priveste si la grinda masiva aflata deasupra usii de la intrare,lunga de 8 metri si grea de aproape 120 tone.

"The Fountains of the Deep" Discovered!

"When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: when he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep."

The Bible mentions "the fountains of the deep" several times. During the Flood, we are told, God opened the fountains of the deep, suggesting seismic activity. When God ended the flooding, we are told that God closed the fountains of the deep, suggesting that they continue to exist, albeit with less water than at creation. In 1997, scientists said that they may have found an astonishing reservoir of water deep in the earth.

Analizã asupra scrierilor lui Iustin Martirul și Filosoful și Tertulian

Viața primilor creștini a fost în mod incontestabil una plină de har și de bucuriile aduse de el, însă, ea nu a fost lipsită nici de amarul și supărarea pricinuite de persecuții și de eretici. Putem afirma deci, cu certitudine, că avem de-a face cu un început tumultuos și cu o realitate complexă.

Având în vedere acest lucru, putem spune, alături de părintele Rămureanu, că, pentru înțelegerea împrejurărilor politice în cadrul cărora a apărut creștinismul este necesară cunoașterea și înțelegerea stării lumii antice din acea perioadă.

Tiny ‘Firefly’ Satellite Will Study Lightning and Thunderstorms

Imagine a fully-instrumented satellite the size of a half-gallon milk carton.

Then imagine that milk carton whirling in space, catching never-before-seen glimpses of processes thought to be linked to lightning.

The little satellite that could is a CubeSat called Firefly, and it's on a countdown to launch next year.

CubeSats, named for the roughly four-inch-cubed dimensions of their basic building elements, are stacked with modern, smartphone-like electronics and tiny scientific instruments.

Produc micro-găurile negre cutremure?

Într-un articol publicat recent în revista “Physical Review Letters” de către geofizicianul Shravan Hanasoge, de la Princeton University, se arată cum “ciocnirea” unei găuri negre primordiale cu Pământul ar putea avea efecte nebănuite: producerea de... cutremure. Din fericire, cum vom vedea, aceste cutremure nu sunt catastrofice.

Milky Way and Moonrise

Milky Way and Moonrise in USA

Julius Wellhausen: Prolegomena to the History of Israel

The work which forms the greater part of the present volume first appeared in 1878 under the title "History of Israel. By J. Wellhausen. In two volumes. Volume I." The book produced a great impression throughout Europe, and its main thesis, that "the Mosaic history is not the starting−point for the history of ancient Israel, but for the history of Judaism," was felt to be so powerfully maintained that many of the leading Hebrew teachers of Germany who had till then stood aloof from the so−called "Grafian hypothesis" the doctrine, that is, that the Levitical Law and connected parts of the Pentateuch were not written till after the fall of the kingdom of Judah, and that the Pentateuch in its present compass was not publicly accepted as authoritative till the reformation of Ezra declared themselves convinced by Wellhausen's arguments.

Catequilla

Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador. Located in the Parish of San Antonio, near Quito, it has an elevation of 2,638 metres (8,655 ft). Attributed to the Pre-Columbian era Quitu-Cara culture, it was presumably used as an astronomical observatory even before the arrival of the Incas.

Catequilla is translated from Quechua to mean "follower of the moon".[1] Its construction, circa 800 AD, is attributed to the Quitu-Cara culture.[2] The site contains of a semicircular wall, 107 metres (351 ft) in length with a diameter of 68 metres (223 ft), although no clear architectural features accurately show the exact positions of its ends.

Exploring Italy’s lost city: Pompei

 

As semi-well traveled history buff, I'm always a little skeptical about visiting ancient sites of great significance for fear of disappointment.  To me, Pompeii was one of those places.  Could a site like this live up to the tales we were taught in grade school about how an ancient people were frozen in time after a deadly volcano descended upon them?

After traveling throughout southern Italy I had heard mixed reviews about the famous city buried under volcanic ash. While some locals said the ruins were a must-see, others thought they were over rated.