Grimoires: A History of Magic Books.

Owen Davies. Grimoires: A History of Magic Books. Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2010. 384 pp. $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-959004-9. ...

Da Vinci Mona Lisa Mystery; Real Secret Codes Discovered

Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious Mona Lisa has just gotten even more intriguing. The Italian genius apparently painted tiny numbers and let...

Ship as Monster

Miniature of Noah’s Ark, Old English Hexateuch (London, British Library, MS. Cotton Claudius B. IV, f. 15v). Living as they did, at the edg...

Naqsh-e Rustam (Panorama view).

Naqsh-i Rustam (also Naqsh-e Rustam; in English, the Throne of Rustam) was considered a sacred mountain range in the Elamite periods (earl...

Volcano - Pyroclastic Surges and Blasts

Risk assessment. An ultimate goal of volcanologists is to minimize loss of life and property from explosive eruptions. Risk assessment, wh...

Volcanism and Biotic Extinctions

Extinction Events are increasingly seen as important factors in the history of life on Earth, and recent studies suggest catastrophic caus...