The Other Menkaure Quarry

Paper published: 12-13-2019 Image: View of the Menkaure quarry site location on the west side of the pyramid. Source Image: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Image: Second image of the quarry site location north west corner of the Menkaure pyramid Source Image:  https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Introduction This post talks about the quarry field existing on the north western side of the …

The Vatican Pigna fountain, a tree of life.

The famous Pigna plaza in Rome is a composition of objects from different time periods and countries, some centuries apart.  The pinecone, and likely the peacocks judging by the old picture (although they seemed to have earlier sources before that), came from the previous vatican basilica, where it hold a prominent place as a fountain …

The triptych in religious buildings and art. An astronomical clock.

The origins of the triptych symbolism in art and buildings is astronomy and not “just for shape”. It has a clear reason why this is seen around the world in churches temples and paintings. Richard Cassaro (link to his website below) had a hypothesis on it in his book, Written in stone. It was him …

Lost zodiac figures

This article is a study into mythology in relation to the zodiac. It is relevant to religion as well but the author will focus on the mythological figures here. The author has found that mythological figures and their stories relate to circular zodiac stories, where the characters found in ancient history have equivalents in the …

Santa Claus and St. Nicholas

Quote: “The name Santa Claus evolved from Nick’s Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas). In 1804, John Pintard, a member of the New York Historical Society, distributed woodcuts of St. Nicholas at the society’s annual meeting. But who is Sinterklaas, the elder gentleman dressed as a bishop who …

The easter Bunny

The easter bunny Besides easter where Christians celebrate “The resurrection” (Jesus as Orion coming back in the sky), other modern easter iconography is, the easter bunny. But hardly anyone knows why there is an easter bunny in the first place and why I has coloured eggs. The origins of the easter bunny can be traced …

Codex Dei

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