prime meridian – VoVatia (original) (raw)

I’m on Top of the World

I saw a link on Twitter to this article on Ancient Origins, a site that presumably isn’t always reliable. What it says here seems to have all been verified elsewhere, however, with nothing about aliens building the pyramids or anything. … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Authors, Babylonian, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Douglas Adams, Greek Mythology, Hellenistic Greece, History, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Humor, Islam, Judaism, Maps, Mesopotamia, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Science | Tagged cartography, delphi, ethnocentrism, europe, flat earth, geography, golgafrinchans, imago mundi, jerusalem, kaaba, london, mecca, milky way galaxy, prime meridian, river euphrates, sin, zeus |

Fortune Smiles Upon Thee

The idea of the world of the dead as a physical location was quite common in ancient cultures, and more or less still persists today. It’s still common to think of Heaven as being up in the sky and Hell … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Celtic, Etymology, Food, Greek Mythology, History, Language, Maps, Mythology, Norse, Urban Legends | Tagged afterlife, atlantic ocean, avalon, claudius ptolemy, elysian fields, fortunate isles, heaven, helgafjell, hell, herodotus, hesperides, isles of the blest, king arthur, kronos, longitude, macaronesia, macaroni, makaron nesoi, oceanus, pliny the elder, plutarch, prime meridian, quintus sertorius, river styx |