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Category Archives: Ancient History
Scota, The Mother of Scotland
Serendipity: The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. Don’t you just love when that occurs? Bear with me while I tell you what happened. I was at the bookstore, looking for some captivating history and discovered this book “Saxons, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History, Queens and Rulers
Tagged Bryan Sykes, Celts, Coronation Chair, DNA, Egypt, England, Fennius Farsa, Gael, genetics, Ireland, Leabhar Gabhala, Lia Fail, Oxford University, Saxons, Scota, Scotland, Scythian King, Seven Daughters of Eve, Stone of Destiny, Stone of Scone, Vikings
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Hypatia – A Martyr for the Truth
This was inspired by the life of Hypatia, who lived in the 4th and 5th centuries C.E. She was a real person and brilliant mathematician. Often she is the only woman mathematician mentioned in books on the history of math. … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History, Mathematicians, Scientists
Tagged 5th century, Alexandria, Greek, history, martyr, mathematics, science, women
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