Dead frogs, dancing insects, scared children and cats. Lots of cats. Here are the weirdest and most disturbing Christmas cards ever! The tradition of sending Christmas cards is slowly disappearing, but a dozen or so years ago it was one of the most important pre-Christmas rituals. So pictures of
The invention or rather the mastery of fire was done very gradually, and over a very long period of time. For a long time it was thought that fire appeared at the time of Homo erectus 500,000 years ago and that its use had developed under Homo sapiens. Recent research in Africa has revealed traces o
Religious condition of Aryans in the later Vedic period The religion of the Rigvedic period was simple and pompous, but the religion of the later Vedic period became complex and pompous. During this period, the Aryan culture developed under the influence of Brahman Dharma in the northern doab. It i
Vegetable preparations, pre-condoms from sheep intestines, piercing of limbs, clasps for genitals, and finally ear incisions. Already the ancients struggled with the problem of unwanted pregnancy. Were they able to find the most effective contraceptive? Two thousand years ago, Areteus of Cappado