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EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY
The crossroads of History and Traditions for the youth!
"But take courage; the race of humans is divine.
Sacred nature reveals to them the most hidden mysteries"
Pythagoras, Golden Verses 63-64
EXtraordinary HIStory, a blog of discovery and popularization for curious young people who understood, like me, that there was probably more to read between the lines than in the conventional texts of the History and Legends books...
You like the mystery, you think that the caveman has a good back, you want to know what were those great workers who were supposed to have built the huge pyramids? (among others !)... It's over here !
Absences from work in ancient Egypt
Il y a plus de 3 000 ans, les Égyptiens vivaient déjà des préoccupations proches des nôtres : comment concilier travail et vie personnelle ? Une étonnante tablette égyptienne vieille de 3 200 ans, conservée au British Museum, apporte un éclairage fascinant sur les absences au travail dans l’Égypte antique.
Aug 72 min read
The symbolism behind the King's Cake
La symbolique de la galette des rois : pâte feuilletée, fève, dorure, dessins, découvrez le sens de cette tradition gourmande
Aug 51 min read
"You have bad Karma!"
Le Karma est-il cette spirale négative et infernale dans laquelle nous sommes enfermés et que nous subissons au quotidien ? Est-il tout bon ou tout mauvais ? N'avons-nous aucun pouvoir sur lu i? Retour sur un terme dévoyé et trop souvent détourné de ce son véritable sens...
Aug 52 min read
Anti-tradition according to René Guénon
Primordial Tradition vs Anti-Tradition Anti-tradition according to René Guénon: understanding radical criticism of the modern world René...
Aug 54 min read
René Guénon [en] (1886-1951)
Qui est René Guénon, cette figure majeure du courant traditionnaliste, qui a développé l'idée d'une Tradition primordiale, source unique et universelle des grandes religions authentiques ?
Aug 51 min read
The language of birds: definition
Used by several groups of people such as alchemists, this language allows to use words and sentences that have several levels of...
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Did you know that? The Ark of the Covenant would have been an electrical capacitor
Really? And yes!!! This is what Mr. Maurice Denis-Papin (descendant of the inventor) tells us. Moreover, for him there were not only the...
Jul 30, 20221 min read
Did you know that? The origin of the word "Grail"!
Did you know that? The origin of the word "Grail"!
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Did you know that? The nail is a symbol... Yes, but of what?
You knew that the nail is used to hang pictures on the wall, but did you know that behind this useful object there is a real symbolism...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
The appearances of the Grail: traditions and popular culture
The grail is often seen as a cup. But isn't it more than that? From Tradition to cinema, here is what the specialist P-G Sansonetti says
Apr 10, 20223 min read
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Paul-Georges Sansonetti [en]
Paul-Georges Sansonetti, born in 1941, is a graduate of the École du Louvre, and holds a doctorate of letters dealing with the esotericism..
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Did you know that? Where does April Fool's Day come from?
Do you know the origin of April Fool's Day? Historical tradition, religion, calendar, astrology and symbol, discover it on EX.HIS
Apr 6, 20223 min read
The backster effect and the intelligence of plants
Savez-vous que les plantes ont une sensibilité, une mémoire, une intelligence et bien d'autres sens? Connais-tu l'effet Backster? C'est ici
Apr 2, 20225 min read
Did you know? 17 years before Edison, the first sound recording was French!
Yes, the first trace of sound recording that we have dates back to 1859, more than 17 years before the famous Edison's recordings... And...
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was born on April 25, 1874 in Bologna and died on July 20, 1937 in Rome, is a physicist, inventor and Italian...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
An invention that remains to be proven: Marconi's "death ray"
The Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi, physicist, inventor and businessman (1874-1937), who was close to Mussolini, is said to have...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Did you know that? The origin of the wink
Did you know that? Originally, the wink did not have the same meaning as today in our western world***. Yes, today the wink is known by...
Mar 16, 20221 min read
A rocket in the sky of Romania in .... 1529 ?
A rocket crossing the Romanian sky in 1529, during the Renaissance? Are you serious? Well yes... More here, on Extraordinary History
Mar 12, 20223 min read
Did you know that? An electric lamp at the time of Saint Louis
Well, guess what? The electric lamp seems to have been around a lot longer than you think... Chroniclers of the 13th century reported...
Mar 9, 20221 min read
The symbolism of Candlemas
We all ate, a few days ago, the traditional pancakes of Candlemas... And many of us know that this festival corresponds to the...
Mar 7, 20223 min read
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