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23.01.2022 Knowth - The Megalithic Art Gallery Knowth (Cnobga) is one of three great passage tombs of the Neolithic complex known as Brú na Boinne (The Palace/Mansion of ...the Boyne), located in a bend of the River Boyne in Co. Meath. Built around 3200BCE, Knowth consists of one large central mound surrounded by seventeen smaller mounds. The central mound is 12 metres (40 ft) high and is 95m (312 ft) across at its widest point. It has two passages with entrances on opposite sides, the western passage is 34 metres long and the eastern passage is 40 metres long, ending with a cruciform chamber. However, what really makes Knowth so special, is the amount of megalithic art found engraved on its stones. Nearly a third of all the known megalithic art in Europe is located at Knowth, with over 200 decorated stones found there during excavation. Most of this artwork appears on the 127 kerbstones, which surround the base of the central mound. Much of it was actually carved onto the unseen, inner face of the stones; a type of megalithic art known as hidden art. It is not known why these carvings were hidden; perhaps they were intended to be seen only by the spirits of the dead or the deities who reside within the great mound. There are also many theories as to what the carvings on the stones represent; the cycle of seasons, maps of the otherworld or images seen by shamans, using hallucinogenic substances during rituals. That said, many of the carvings do seem to be of an astronomical nature and two stones in particular even appear to be calendrical devices. The first of these is Kerbstone 15, known as the Sundial Stone, which some have interpreted as representing the ancient 16-month solar calendar. The other is Kerbstone 52, known as the Lunar Stone, thought to represent the monthly lunar cycle. Some scholars have even suggested that Knowth itself is a lunar site, mapping the 18.6-year cycle of the moon. Along with the kerbstones, carvings can also be found inside the central mounds two passages. A large decorated stone basin was found in the narrow eastern passage, again decorated with what seem to be astronomical symbols. Along the sidewall of the western passage is another large decorated stone, generally interpreted as a face, possibly the depiction of a deity worshipped here. ‘Cnobga’, the Irish name for Knowth is thought to derive from Cnoc Bua or Bui (Hill of Bua or Bui): The name Bui is often associated with the Cailleach Bhéara (The Hag of Beara). The amount of megalithic artwork at Knowth is staggering and although we will never truly know the significance of the images on the stones; like all great art they can mean something different to each of us that look upon them. Knowth and the other megalithic sites of the Boyne Valley were given World Heritage Status by UNESCO in 1993. Admission to Knowth is by guided tour from the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre.

22.01.2022 There was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a strange tradition. Whenever there was a death in the family, someone had to go... out to the hives and tell the bees of the terrible loss that had befallen the family. Failing to do so often resulted in further losses such as the bees leaving the hive, or not producing enough honey or even dying. Traditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as telling the bees. The practice of telling the bees may have its origins in Celtic mythology that held that bees were the link between our world and the spirit world. So if you had any message that you wished to pass to someone who was dead, all you had to do was tell the bees and they would pass along the message. The typical way to tell the bees was for the head of the household, or goodwife of the house to go out to the hives, knock gently to get the attention of the bees, and then softly murmur in a doleful tune the solemn news. Little rhymes developed over the centuries specific to a particular region. In Nottinghamshire, the wife of the dead was heard singing quietly in front of the hive, The master's dead, but don't you go; Your mistress will be a good mistress to you. In Germany, a similar couplet was heard, Little bee, our lord is dead; Leave me not in my distress. But the relationship between bees and humans goes beyond superstition. It’s a fact, that bees help humans survive. 70 of the top 100 crop species that feed 90% of the human population rely on bees for pollination. Without them, these plants would cease to exist and with it all animals that eat those plants. This can have a cascading effect that would ripple catastrophically up the food chain. Losing a beehive is much worse than losing a supply of honey. The consequences are life threatening. The act of telling the bees emphasizes this deep connection humans share with the insect. Art: The Bee Friend, a painting by Hans Thoma (18391924)

22.01.2022 The insane asylums of the past were a far cry from the clean and humane psychiatric facilities of today. These 19th-century madhouses were packed with people, h...olding up to 10 times as many residents as they were meant to accommodate with unruly inmates sometimes confined to cages in the hallways. And many "patients" weren't even mentally ill at all, as these facilities came to be a kind of catch-all for "hysterical" women, criminals, people with disabilities, and immigrants. Take a look inside 9 notorious asylums and see why life as a patient there was worse than a horror movie: https://bit.ly/3cQ1BDI

18.01.2022 Loved Jimmy Stewart - brilliant actor!

18.01.2022 Mug shot of William Stanley Moore, 1 May 1925, Central Police Station, Sydney. Special Photograph no. 1399. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice & P...olice Museum. This picture appears in the Photo Supplement to the NSW Police Gazette, 28 July, 1926 captioned: 'Opium dealer./ Operates with large quantities of faked opium and cocaine./ A wharf labourer; associates with water front thieves and drug traders.' This picture is one of a series of around 2500 "special photographs" taken by NSW Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930. These "special photographs" were mostly taken in the cells at the Central Police Station, Sydney and are, as curator Peter Doyle explains, of "men and women recently plucked from the street, often still animated by the dramas surrounding their apprehension". Doyle suggests that, compared with the subjects of prison mug shots, "the subjects of the Special Photographs seem to have been allowed - perhaps invited - to position and compose themselves for the camera as they liked. Their photographic identity thus seems constructed out of a potent alchemy of inborn disposition, personal history, learned habits and idiosyncrasies, chosen personal style (haircut, clothing, accessories) and physical characteristics." Explore our gallery of mugshots online at slm.is/mugshotgallery #DiscoverSLM

14.01.2022 This Iron Age broch in the Scottish Highlands collapsed 2,000 years ago - and only recently have archaeologists discovered the reason why.

09.01.2022 The True Story Of Typhoid Mary Is Way Sadder Than You Think - rnkr.co/MallonMysteryIllness

07.01.2022 PINNAROO, SOUTH AUSTRALIA PART 1

06.01.2022 Beats our most expensive meal - although ours was twenty years ago so it is probably relative!

01.01.2022 'View of Wentworth Bridge, taken from a passing riverboat, with onlookers on the bridge, and a line of trucks and cars waiting to cross.' A brilliant photo from the Godson Collection (online) at the State Library of South Australia (SLSA), taken approximately 1950.

01.01.2022 Not only does Beta Readers Australia do Beta Reading, we also offer proofreading and editing. We are also experienced in thesis preparation for submission, manuscript preparation for journal submission and .... indexing! Talk about multi-tasking!