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Category Archives: Antiquities
Jesus in Britain – prehistoric ingots of tin from Cornwall discovered in Israel
It can be shocking to discover just how quickly time can go by when one is preoccupied, and this is something I’ve experienced for myself once again over the course of the last few days. To my deep regret, I’ve … Continue reading
Stonehenge and Another Failing of Science.
Back in 2004 or thereabouts, after I’d left Wessex Archaeology and before I started my Eternal Idol site, I wrote a book on Stonehenge provisionally entitled A Glimpse of the Great Beyond, a work based on my absolute conviction that one … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Dead Poets, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Stonehenge, Writing
Tagged Bluestones, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind
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Echoes of War
My mind is still reeling from watching the commemorations to mark one hundred years since the end of The Great War. I don’t believe that it’s possible not to be moved by the pictures and stories that were paraded before … Continue reading
The Heresy of Stonehenge and the Mesolithic
A few days ago, I came across an observation in a lengthy essay in The Guardian that was so good and so insightful that I still find it hard to believe it had not been made long ago, or … Continue reading
The Dark Magic of the Msoura Ring
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick In the north of Morocco, in the countryside south of Tangier, is an … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Magic & the Supernatural, Stonehenge, Writing
Tagged Andrew Gough, Antaeus, Garden of Hesperides, Giants, Morocco, Msoura Ring, Sertorius, Stonehenge, Tangier
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The Forgotten Fairy Origins of “Eldritch”.
I have been familiar with the word ‘eldritch’ for decades, as a result of seeing it appear in the incomparable works of the horror fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft. Knowing Lovecraft’s fondness for what most people today would consider to be … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Language, Magic & the Supernatural
Tagged Caer Sidhe, Eldritch, Fairies, H.P. Lovecraft, Silbury Hill, Stonehenge
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Scipio and Leonardo
Last Saturday, I was browsing through some books on sale at a stall at Exeter’s Respect Festival, when a historical novel dealing with Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus leapt out at me. I had previously read a trilogy of books dealing … Continue reading
The Stonehenge Tunnel – “This is the business we have chosen”.
Once this latest farce has run its full course, I would imagine that most observers would regard the saga of the Stonehenge Tunnel to be little more than another short-lived episode in the history of the ruins on the plain, … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Current Affairs, Stonehenge, Writing
Tagged ICOMOS, ICOMOS-UK, Omar Khayyam, Stonehenge, Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge tunnel, Tim Daw
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ICOMOS-UK
Earlier today, I was delighted to receive a handsome membership card confirming that I am now a member of the UK branch of ICOMOS, so I look forward to gradually finding my place within this organisation and working to help … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Current Affairs, Stonehenge
Tagged ICOMOS, Ishtar, Stonehenge, The Magic of the Mind
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Bleak House: the New Language of Stonehenge
It may perhaps not be to everyone’s taste, but I’ve always enjoyed poring over the essay by William Hazlitt entitled “On Going a Journey” if for no other reason than that the author can barely contain his enthusiasm for writing … Continue reading
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