Wyso And The Other Creepy Kids on Gerard Street
Man's Best
Sparkers
Better Dig 2
I like science so weird it resembles fiction. While researching anglerfish, I ran across the Bathysphere and found it fascinating that on August 15, 1934, two men descended into depths of the ocean never before traveled. Background The first marine biologist to penetrate the perpetual darkness of deep sea, and observe and record deep sea […]
The Ghost Dance Religion
The Native American’s Ghost Dance Religion scared the hell out of white men. So much so, the white man did everything in his power to squelch the practice of this religion. Why did white men fear it so much? White men had taken Native American lands, their power, their buffalo, and destroyed their beliefs. So […]
Warriors of the Clouds Remain Mystery
Human corpses of all ages — children, youth, adults, the elderly — were found inside and outside the houses of Kuélap. Archaeologists believe, because these bodies were not buried according to funerary rituals, a massacre occurred in Kuélap. Anthropologist Alfredo Narváez said it was not the work of the Incas or the Spaniards. He drew […]
The Lost World of Kuélap and Its Cloud Warriors
Next stop on our search for lost worlds is a walled fortress older than the Inca Empire. When I explored bygone worlds for my second novella, Man’s Best, I discovered Kuélap. I’d heard of popular ancient cultures such as ancient Egypt, the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Megalithic and Mayan civilizations, but I’d […]
Lost City: Bay of Cambay — Victim of The Great Year?
Part of our study into Plato’s concept of The Great Year involves a look at ancient civilizations. This week’s post examines a sunken, lost city, found in 2001. This discovery challenges previously held archeological beliefs about the timeline of our Earth and man’s progression. From our post last week, we define The Great Year — in […]