ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Here we present an excerpt from the advices ‘On guarding the intellect’ by St Isaiah the Solitary, from the book ‘Philokalia of the Holy Neptic Fathers’, by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Athos). Continue reading “Philokalia of the Holy Neptic Fathers – St Isaiah the Solitary – On Guarding the Intellect (excerpt)”
Particularly important information also results from the archaeobotanical remains and the radiocarbon study. Continue reading “The Theopetra Cave in Thessaly: a 130,000 year old prehistory (Part 2)”
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to violence, aggression and crime as adults, irrespective of an underlying mental illness. This is according to a new study in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, which is published by Springer Nature. Continue reading “Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults”
Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten — in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation — the more likely they will succeed in those same areas in school. Hence, “kindergarten readiness” is the goal of many preschool programs, and a motivator for many parents. Continue reading “Want to help your child succeed in school? Add language to the math, reading mix”
Here we post a presentation of the book ‘Journey to the Mythological Inferno: America’s Discovery by the Ancient Greeks‘ by Dr. Enrico Mattievich. Whether close to the truth or not no one really knows, but there are quite a few intriguing indications of ‘historic’ and maybe ‘pre-historic’ connection of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ World, way before Columbus stepped foot in ‘West Indies’. Continue reading “‘America Discovered by the Ancient Greeks’, awarded book suggests”
In March 1990, by a happy coincidence, the results of the first three excavation seasons of the Theopetra Cave were published for the first time in the journal Archaiologia in the special issue no 34 on the (then) recent surveys in Thessaly. Rereading that text today, I saw how many things have changed since then but also how many others had been correctly evaluated from the start and are still valid today although perhaps more documented. Specialized studies and analyses in the intervening period, confirmed this excavation’s importance for Greece’s prehistory. Today, twenty-five years later, in the same journal’s present electronic form, the results are briefly given of an on going survey of 27 years… Continue reading “The Theopetra Cave in Thessaly: a 130,000 year old prehistory (Part 1)”
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