Based on more than two decades of systematic research and cross-cultural comparison by comparative mythologist David Talbott, Remembering the End of the World reconstructs a cosmic drama when planets hung in the sky close to the earth–an epoch of celestial wonder giving way to overwhelming terror. This highly visual presentation offers new answers to enigmas that have baffled experts for centuries. Why did every ancient civilization celebrate a former “Age of the Gods”, an age claimed to have ended in earth threatening disaster? What was meant by the lost “Golden Age?” Why did ancient sky worshipers refer to Saturn as “the sun?” Why was Venus worshiped as the “Mother Goddess?” And why did both Old and New World astronomers celebrate the planet Mars as a great warrior whose battles shook the heavens?
The first feature from Alison McAlpine is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens abov...
George Lucas discusses how Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Monomyth (aka the Hero's Journey) ...
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Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césai...
A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
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The dynamic meeting of solid science and futuristic simulation culminates in a dramatic exploration ...
At Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, “Near Earth Asteroids: Dr. Anne Virkki” tells the story of Re...
An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwes...
Cave paintings and lunar calendars exist in the caves and remains of prehistoric hunters studied rec...
Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in ...
"The Last Dragon" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understa...
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man w...
Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most dis...
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years ...
At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the...
The ancients hid the secrets of their incredible knowledge of astronomy in their temples and palaces...
Part of the Almost Famous series. Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she ...