Archive for December, 2008
Jesus is the single most famous human being ever to have lived and he has been known to us for around 2,000 years, increasing in fame all the while. He is the central figure in Christianity and the second most revered prophet in Islam, while his name is instantly recognizable to countless other people around the globe who do not subscribe to these faiths.
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Guiding Star
2:28 pm
The late Professor John North wrote a huge, highly detailed volume on the interest that our prehistoric ancestors took in the stars, but I’m sure it would be possible to run a detailed and ongoing site that simply dealt with the Guiding Star, or the Star of Bethlehem.
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One of the many mysteries of Stonehenge concerns the monument’s fate during Roman times. As a result of the excavations carried out at the ruins by Professors Darvill and Wainwright earlier this year, we now know that the Romans, or at least some of them, had a substantial interest in Stonehenge. As far as I’m aware, this interest took the form of votive offerings of coins at the nearby Cuckoo Stone, while the presence of at least one other Roman coin, various sherds of pottery and a possible pit or grave at Stonehenge itself suggests that some of the stones were rearranged during the Roman era.
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Elvish Preseli?
1:49 am
This isn’t one of my best-presented or best-organized pieces, but the reasons for this will soon become apparent. It’s something I’ve been pondering for a few years, but a recent remark made to me by Mick Davis started me thinking once again, so now seems as good a time as any to write about it. At the risk of being increasingly vague, I’m not sure what banner it falls under, but the theme that keeps coming to mind is the one suggested previously by Aynslie when he wrote in about the survival of prehistoric ceremonies and stories into the Arthurian legends.
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