Winter solstice

Face it, the night before the world was to end, we all sat up and wondered what was to happen to the human race or to the planet that we depended on. Everyone had a gut wrenching feeling that the next morning upon awakening something would be different; yet, we awoke only to find everything the way we had left it. For years I have wondered what will happen the day the world ceases to exist. So, I have set out to gather information on exactly that topic: What will happen the day the world ends? I…

“This is Izzy, so-and-so’s girlfriend.” For so long that was what defined my identity. My relationship status. I’m pretty sure there are some people out there that wouldn’t know who I was until my connection to a certain male was entered into the conversation. My actions, the way I treated others, and the value I saw in myself was a direct correlation to whether I was in a relationship or if I was single. Relationships were my idols and I was a worshipper. It is so amazing how God will…

The taste of iron filled his mouth, and the sound of his steed’s breathing was enough for him to stay his pace. For a moment, time seemed to stand still as he rode into the night. The rain dripped down his face and soothed his battle wounds. He had barely escaped with his life. Thankfully, his horse was all packed and ready to leave at a moment's notice. He knew if he were to live he’d have to leave everyone else behind and go it alone. Earlier that night, while the group of men were making camp…

"The Titan's Curse" is a young adult/fantasy literature novel written by Rick Riordan. It is the 3rd book in the Percy Jackson series. It was published on may 11th 2007. The book commences as Percy Jackson, the main character, is being driven to a boarding school along with his friends, answering a call of distress from his satyr friend Grover Underwood. Percy and his friends make their way over to a boarding school in which is thought by Grover to have a manticore posing as the school's vice…

The Neolithic Age brought a variety of changes to Europe at around 4000 B.C. The usual life of hunting and gathering eventually turned into farming and domesticated life. Settlement meant that there was more room for monuments, burial grounds, and places for ritual ceremonies; such as megaliths and the one of the most famous of the kind, Stonehenge. Megalithic structures became the new popular form of building. The word megalith comes from the Greek words, mega meaning “great,” and lithos…

the only god or supreme deity. During this time of the winter solstice was the time in which they engaged in worship with sacrifices (Barlow 18). Constantine being originally Pagan and claiming to be a converted Christian, made a series of decrees, one of which is declaring December twenty-fifth as the day of Jesus Christ’s birth. It is historically accurate that no one knows when Jesus Christ was born; however, we know it cannot be during winter because shepherds would not be tending to their…

Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is an ancient lncan citadel that resides in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley. The ancient city was built in the age of the Incan Empire in the 15th Century. Since then it has been abandoned until modern times. Formations spread across the ancient city play a peculiar role on astronomical alignment whiett it\s former use remains unknown. Machu +- Picchu is also translated to "Old Peak" or "Old Hill" which can give some insight it\ s…

On the other side of the Great Schism is the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation occurred during the early sixteenth century. Religious reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry the eighth all challenged the ideas, vision, and authority of the Catholic Church. This lead to years of war and persecution, but ultimately the development of the Protestant sect of Christianity. The philosophy behind Protestantism is holding the Christian ideals without practicing or…

The customary event marking the beginning of the Early Middle Ages is the “fall” of the Roman Empire. It is interpreted that the beginning of the Early Middle Ages is not one dramatic event, but of several long-term trends, including the unadorned economic decline of the later Roman Empire and the incursions and settlement of Germanic peoples within the West. For the next five hundred years, Western Europe remained essentially a primitive culture, elaborate culture of the Roman Empire was never…

Discovery may often be seen as spontaneous and sudden, however, it is just as often a result of a long process evoked by curiosity, necessity or wonder. This concept is evidenced through poems such as ‘The Tuft of Flowers’ and ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost, as well as ‘Invictus’ by William Ernest Henley. These texts all feature key elements of discovery which can be identified and analysed as containing a conscious process, rather than occurring spontaneously or…