Ancient

Mausoleum is a building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of
a deceased person. Its plural form is mausolea, although in America we commonly use for plural -
mausoleums. What is the origin of the word? It was d… Read more

I was always curious about the origin of the word magic. Through my research for local web analytics
company I learned, that the prototypical "magicians" were a class of priests. These priests were
known as the Magi of the ancient religion Zoroastria… Read more

Speaking of magic, the ancient wizards of the island of Britain also developed an interesting
conceptual system of magic. We know these wizards from books and movies as druids. The earliest
records of the name Druidae is found on the works of Greek w… Read more

Ancient history provides us with a lot of information about magic. Appearing from aboriginal tribes
in Australia and Maori tribes in New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South America, bush tribes in
Africa and ancient Pagan tribal groups in Europe an… Read more

I was always interested in the ancient belief in magic from the perspective of history. It was
always amazing to learn how different cultures tried to attach to natural phenomenon supernatural
powers. After all, magic, sometimes also known as sorcery… Read more