"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Alternatively translated "That Which Is In the Afterworld" or "Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld", and called Kitab al-Akhira in Arabic, the Amduat is a funerary text from the New Kingdom and it has been found inscribed on the walls of...
20 minutes between submitting a query to a prospect agent and receiving a form rejection is close to my previous record, so let's celebrate with a feast of Gothic tales on my Patreon, shall we? Born in 1849 in Scotland, James Hume Nisbet is known for...
Lelwani, also spelt Leluwani, was a Hittite underworld deity, but their presence is attested way before the Hittite came to Anatolia. In the Hattic culture, Lelwani was considered a male deity and addressed as a "king" when the Hittites, known for adopting deities from conquered...
Questa mattina aprendo LinkedIn mi è sembrato di essere tornata indietro nel tempo, e nello specifico mi è sembrato di essere tornata indietro di quasi dieci anni, al 2015, quando presentavo in Italiano il primo report dell'NBS circa l'adozione del BIM nel Regno Unito. Il...
Frederick George Loring was an English naval officer born in 1869, an early expert in the pioneering technology of wireless telegraphy and, incidentally, a writer. Born in the Isle of Wight as the eldest son of Admiral Sir William Loring and Frances Louisa Adams, he...
Easter-time rejection! Who sends a refusal on Easter morning? One of the agents I queried, apparently. This means my Patrons receive another one of my favourite novels, digitised by yours truly: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. It might seem strange to include this book in...
Sirona was a goddess primarily venerated in East Central Gaul and along the Danubian limes. Revered as a deity of healing, she was closely linked with sacred springs, and her worship was accompanied by symbols of snakes and eggs. In the sulphur springs of Alzey in...
Easter/time rejection! While I have two agents looking at the full manuscript, yet another one answered "thanks but no thanks", so my Patrons get their festive story featuring spring, bunnies and butterflies. Well, no, not really. Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) was a prominent Russian intellectual who worked...
The artist of this painting was born at Alexandria, Egypt, from English parents but he spent most of his childhood in American after his father died and his mother moved closer to her family. He was adopted by his aunt after his mother died too,...
[caption id="attachment_17027" align="aligncenter" width="550"] The Mermaid 1882 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt 1833-1898 Bequeathed by Miss Katharine Elizabeth Lewis 1961 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T00457[/caption] In 1880 Burne-Jones acquired a second home at Rottingdean, near Brighton, to which he often retreated from the bustle of London. Encouraged by his proximity...
