An understanding on Tuscan decoration

The elegant and highly developed Tuscan decors for home originate in Tuscany, the most historical and beautiful places on the earth. This place is also the origin for the renaissance and was the birthplace for Dante, Michaelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci. The Duomo cathedral and the leaning tower of Pisa, one of the historic buildings in the entire Europe are located here. It is not a surprise if the Tuscan decor is very famous in the entire world, suggesting the dreams of being a beautiful and pleasing... Read more »

Bruges - Perfect for Museum Lovers

Bruges, Belgium is a cultured city off the beaten path. At least it was until a hilarious movie came out. In Bruges changed all that. While visitors will have a hard time finding movie stars, the city offers a bevy of cultural locations that are worth visiting. The first thing you notice about the city is also one of the oddest. It is packed solid with museums, perhaps more than you find in any other city per square foot. If you love history and museums, Bruges is the place to be. This is particularly true for the historic old town. If spending a day strolling through history is your idea of fun, this is the place. A quick count of museums includes The Archeological, Folklore, Renaissance, Memling, Gruuthuse and Groeninge... Read more »

The Epoch of the Great Pyramid

A religious monument is not usually a product of its own local epoch, but the epoch was technically and artistically capable of expressing the origins of a past golden age. Stone monuments tend to express an age that preceded the time of it’s construction. Hence, the Great Pyramid was determined to be a time capsule. When considering, for example, the architectural design of Sir Christopher Wren in the design of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, it can be seen that he used modern technology and art along with symbolism which expressed Christianity at it core. Christianity had its epoch when Jesus roamed the land of Israel, and the Cathedral is a later epoch expression of it in a new found ability to materially express it. It would be ridiculous to say that the Christian religion was created by the epoch of the cathedral. The same... Read more »

The Fire Phoenix and the Stars

Rundle Clark in his description of the symbolism of the bennu bird and its relationship to the phoenix makes a gigantic contribution. The phoenix bird is one of the lest understood myths of Ancient Egypt. Clark: “One has to imagine a roost extending out from the deep of the Abyss. On it rests a herald (a grey heron) of all things to come. It opens its beak and breaks the quiet of the dawn with the call of life and destiny, which ‘determines what is to be and what is not’… The Phoenix embodies the original Word of God (Logos) or declaration of fate which moderates between the God-mind and created... Read more »

Types Of Flack Jackets Used By The U.S. Military During The Vietnam War

A flack jacket is a form of protective clothing in the design of a vest. It is used to provide protection from shrapnel and other indirect low velocity projectiles. The flack jacket was originally developed by the Wilkinson Sword company during World War II to help protect the Royal Air Force air personnel from flying debris and shrapnel. The jacket consisted of manganese plates sewn into a waistcoat made of ballistic nylon- a material engineered by the DuPont Company. The flak jackets ended up being too bulky for wear within the confines of the RAFs standard bomber aircraft. The RAF subsequently offered the jackets to the United State Army Air Forces, who adopted them... Read more »

The Great Pyramid, a Professor, Mathematician, an Engineer

John Taylor, a London publisher, gifted mathematician and amateur astronomer, began a study of the measurements of the Great Pyramid in order to analyze the results from a mathematician’s point of view. Taylor concluded, that the builder of the Great Pyramid could not have been from Egyptian ancestry in either religion or race. After is research he believed that one day there would come a time when the measurements and contours of the inner portions of the Pyramid would be linked with history and especially in the relationship with Biblical prophecy. Later, a Scottish Astronomer named Piazzi Smyth brought the discipline of applied science to bear on the study of the Great Pyramid. Following in the footsteps of Taylor... Read more »

The Great Pyramid, the Mathematician, a Professor, and Engineer

John Taylor, an amateur astronomer, London publisher and mathematician began a study in order to analyze the measurements of the Great Pyramid. He wanted to understand the Great Pyramid from a mathematician’s point of view. Taylor concluded, that the builder of the Great Pyramid could not have been from Egyptian ancestry in either religion or race. After is research he believed that one day there would come a time when the measurements and contours of the inner portions of the Pyramid would be linked with history and especially in the relationship... Read more »

Quantrill’s Massacre of Lawrence

The attack was a direct response to suppression aid by the people of Kansas to the Missouri raiders, which were led by Quantrill, a member of the pro-slavery Confederate forces. Lawrence is also where Union and Jayhawker forces get a headstart when they enter into Missouri. Before the Raid The raid was partly caused by the issuance of General Thomas Ewing Jr.’s General Order No. 10. The order commanded authorities to arrest anyone who is found sympathetic to Quantrill’s cause. Anyone... Read more »

The Great Pyramid and the Bird of Fire

One of the strangest and least understood myths of Ancient Egypt concerns the bennu bird or phoenix. A description of the symbolism which it was intended to invoke was given by Rundle Clark. Clark: “One has to envision a perch extending out of the waters of the Void. On it rests a grey heron, the herald of all things to come. It opens its mouth and breaks the silence of the ancient night with the call of light and purpose, which ‘determines what is and what is not to be’… The Phoenix, therefore, embodies the original the Word (or Logos) or declaration of destiny which mediates between the divine-mind and created things…In a sense, when the phoenix gave out the primeval call it initiated all those [calendrical] cycles, so it is the patron of all divisions of time, and... Read more »

The Seed of the Phoenix and the Great Pyramid

One of the most mysterious myths of ancient Egypt was the legend of the Phoenix. Rundle Clark in explains the relationship of the bennu bird to the phoenix and the symbolism it was intended to invoke. Clark: “One has to imagine a roost extending out from the deep of the Abyss. On it rests a herald (a grey heron) of all things to come. It opens its beak and breaks the quiet of the dawn with the call of life and destiny, which ‘determines what is to be and what is not’… The Phoenix, therefore, embodies the original Logos, the Word, or declaration of destiny which arbitrates between the mind of God and created... Read more »