Polynesian cemetery unlocks ancient burial secrets By Anna Salleh, ABC Science Online The first people to settle Polynesia went to surprising lengths to honour...
... I'm thinking it means basically the same as Sivasakti. As I mentioned earlier, the lion is probably a symbol of Durga and you have shown pictures of lions...
I only caught the tail-end of your discussion but in Malay 'gajah' means elephant. May not help but I thought I'd throw it out there just in case. Ryan J....
German TV announced last week that a 100m pyramid has been found in Bosnia, near Sarajevo. It was formerly thought to be a hill or mountain. The claim was that...
The traditional view of the peopling of India involves Manu Vaivasvata, who dwells on the banks of the Kritamala in Dravida-desha. Manu's father Vivasvat aka...
Mummy 'curse' claims another victim By Natasha Bita and Michael McKenna 04nov05 A MUMMY's curse has cast its shadow over the death of a Brisbane scientist who...
... Some other observations: There is a quadraped between Usimu and the god with the bow. A tree or plant extends up on the left peak of Mt. Mashu. A type of...
A few more details from this larger image: The animal under Ea has a "unicorn" type horn as seen in Harappan and "Proto-Elamite" artwork. The bird appears to...
... Thanks Sunthar. This has also been interpreted as Ban "the Bow" or Canis Major. Thus the bow god would relate to what the Greeks knew as Orion the Hunter,...
The jagged knife could have been used at the end of a normal birth, not just Caesarian, to cut the umbellical cord. Jagged or wavy knives are still use in...
The jagged knife could have been used at the end of a normal birth, not just Caesarian, to cut the umbellical cord. Jagged or wavy knives are still use in...
Ok I see the seal in this earlier note. The knife is actually a saw is it not? Probably a bronze saw. Have saws like this been unearthed in Mesopotamia? Maybe...
Oops, I see the falling hair and curls for the woman Venus figure now. The rays from her shoulders are straight. What plant/fruit is she holding, grapes? Were...
Our monograph points to the possibility of the presence of austro-asiatic in the Sarasvati civilization area, the saptasindhu region. This has been accepted by...
... Another common view is that Pabilsag, a tree god and relative of Ishtar, represents Sagittarius. ... That could be partly due to the precession and...
... The rays could indicate that Venus is in transiting or otherwise very near the Sun. It may be combust but I believe the Sun here is eclipsed. The motif...
Regarding red ochre Celia Ehrlick was editing her long article on this subject and seems to have disappeared. Se used to post on austronesian@yahoogroups.com....
1. Paul The first posted note says Istar is carrying weapons on her back, so I now see these are not rays. Note closely that some are lances and some like...
... Shells appear as a form of currency very early on especially cowrie shells. Cut shells were often stringed as a type of shell money. Sumerian stringed...
... The idea of the eclipse comes from the imagery of the crescent Sun together with the rosette star representing Ishtar. Also the myths of the twin birth of...
Paul: Thanks for the explanation of Istar or the Venus star eclipsing the rising sun Shamash. I have only ever see one Mesopotamian roller seal, in the flesh,...
Thanks Robin, I took a look at the Austronesian posts. I'm interested in how very ancient (2mya-10kya) humans may have used ochre and other minerals (chalk,...
An interesting if inaccurate article. There are of course much older Hss sites in Australia, Papua and Melanesia. Maybe they are referring only to the smaller,...
That's very interesting. Are you going to suggest that the stoneage infant's body coating was originally left intact and not washed off? The Andaman Islanders...
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