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• Göbekli Tepe: Houses of the Holy?

  

  In the series introduction, I asked whether Göbekli Tepe was (as the excavator Klaus Schmidt suggests) an archaeological or metaphorical Stairway to Heaven.... Read more

  The 20 October 2011 by   Cris
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• Göbekli Tepe: Series Conclusion

  

  In the Göbekli Tepe series opener, I noted that several claims have been made about this exceptional archaeological site: It was built by nomadic... Read more

  The 21 October 2011 by   Cris
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• Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath [1791]

  

  This pen and ink sketch by David was a precursor to a large scale painting that was left unfinished. It was to be painted on the basis of subscription and not... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Thecleverpup
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• Seeing Catholic: Design, Adaptation & Teleology

  

  If I understand my Catholic friends and scholars correctly, God created the cosmos, earth, and life. He sparked the original organism and designed an... Read more

  The 31 October 2011 by   Cris
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• The Walking Dead, Philosophy Zombies, and Zombie Banks

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Zombies are all the rage right now. AMC’s intense horror series The Walking Dead has just been renewed for a third season... Read more

  The 26 October 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Entoptics Or Doodles: Children of the Cave

  

  There was a time when Paleolithic cave paintings were construed primarily through the lens of “art,” an interpretive stance which assumes that at least some... Read more

  The 01 October 2011 by   Cris
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• Göbekli Tepe: Site & Surrounds

  

  The 11,000 year old archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe sits on a hill in southeastern Turkey overlooking the surrounding plains and hills. Here is the... Read more

  The 14 October 2011 by   Cris
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• The Vital Mysticism of Oracles

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Predictions are vital. Since the dawn of civilization humans have lived in anticipation of the future, demanding forecasts... Read more

  The 12 October 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  

  On April 21, 1865 a train departed Washington, D.C. carrying the body of Abraham Lincoln. He would meet a grieving nation on the journey to his final resting... Read more

  The 07 October 2011 by   Kaiser31083
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• Anonymous: Shakespeare Conspiracies Are Down to Snobbery

  

  Poster for AnonymousWith the release of Anonymous upon us, the conspiracy theories about William Shakespeare are hotting up again. Read more

  The 26 October 2011 by   Periscope
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