Everything has an origin – the moment of time, the place, the reason, the creator. It is sometimes surprising to discover that many things and ideas we take for granted have their origin in the ancient and even prehistoric times. The knowledge of the origin and the history of the ideas and things help us better understand our time and our own world view.
Renaissance Italy fascinates us, especially since we perceive it as coming from nowhere. Suddenly–from the darkness of Middle Ages–emerges bright and colorful art and productive thoughts. That is how the Italian Renaissance is perceived in popular culture, or used to be perceived, to be precise because that view changes. Historians knew it for quite a […]
We are motivated by our desires, aren’t we? And it seems that our goal is to indulge ourselves. Would you agree? But not all our desires are equal.
Imagine humans in savanna a million years ago. Everything is subject to survival, whether they hunt or listen to stories sitting by the fire. What are these story about? About hunting, of course.
For the last several thousand years, a human being did not change much. And our main existential problems remain unsolved. But humans will continue striving to solve them.
We used to the theory that Indo-Europeans came from India to Europe. Many researchers spent a lot of time and efforts tracing their tracks. But recently, some new evidence and interpretation of the known facts laid the foundation for placing their origin in the steppes between Dniepr (Ukraine) and Ural river (Russia).
Pyramids, Stonehenge, Göbekli Tepe. Why spend so much time and energy? What was the motivation for building them?
His name is usually associated with something negative. However, he was in fact not a machiavellian (in the typical modern meaning) at all. Let us look into the historical context and see what drove him to write his famous book The Prince.
Everything has an origin – the moment of time, the place, the reason, the creator. It is sometimes surprising to discover that many things and ideas we take for granted have their origin in the ancient and even prehistoric times.
Origin of the difference in the nation wealth. Why some of the nations live better than others? The prosperous ones just happened to get the good start in more favorable circumstances.
The last shroud of mystery around Stonehenge was taken down for me after I had read about recent discoveries about the origin of the bluestones and the idea of building Stonehenge, its purpose, and relatively young age if compared to Göbekli Tepe.