An Egyptian King List: From the First Time to Cleopatra
An Egyptian king list from the divine dynasties through Menes to Cleopatra VII, with Manetho's and Turin's pre-Menic reign totals dated under stated assumptions.
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How the Gods Came East: Nüwa, Pangu, and the Western Roots of Chinese Civilization
Nüwa, Eve, Pangu, and Purusha preserve a creation package that moved east through the same Eurasian roads as wheat, chariots, metals, and glass.
The Flood That Made Us Human
Ovid’s Greek flood myth remembers humanity’s awakening into reflective consciousness, toil, civilization, and the serpent cult.
Why China Will Not Open Qin Shi Huang’s Tomb
Mercury vapor over the First Emperor's mound points to a sealed chamber, and Qin's painted warriors show how fast exposure could destroy what survives inside.
The Sumerian and Egyptian Roots of China’s Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army's giants trace a western royal tradition from Sumer and Egypt through Persia and Central Asia into Qin China.
Nüwa in the Neolithic: The Goddess Temple and Pyramid of Niuheliang
Niuheliang's Goddess Temple and stepped earth-and-stone altar mound are the best candidate for the Neolithic cult behind Nüwa, China's ancestral mother and creator.
Modernity Has No Creation Myth
Modernity has genealogy but no creation myth. EToC reunites Darwinian continuity with the mythic birth of the reflective human self.
The Serpent in the Snuff: Cebil, Yopo, and the Animal Grammar of Vision
How cebil and yopo became linked to serpents, jaguars, and shamanic transformation across the ancient Andes and Amazon.
Do Not Look Back: Lot’s Wife, Jangjamot, and the Global Myth of the Fatal Glance
A global survey of do-not-look-back myths, from Jangjamot and Lot’s wife to Orpheus and Medusa, separating true parallels from false ones.
Dionysus and the Deluge
How Dionysus became linked to Deucalion's flood through Anthesteria, Zagreus, Eleusis, Osiris, and the later Arkite mystery school.
Why Eve Theory of Consciousness Surpasses Julian Jaynes
Why Eve Theory of Consciousness better explains recursive selfhood, myth, ritual, and gene–culture evolution than Julian Jaynes.
The Bullroarer Atlas: Mapping a Thousand Attestations of the World’s Strangest Instrument
An interactive world atlas of 1,200+ bullroarer records reveals a sacred-to-toy gradient, a thin post-Ice Age archaeological record, and a snake where the wood survives.
Where Did Dragons Come From? Fifteen Theories Put to the Test
Fifteen dragon-origin theories—from giant snakes and ritual dances to rainbows, fossils, and predator fear—tested against their sources.
The God Behind the Rainbow: Pygmy Genesis, Mambela, and the Bullroarer
How Pygmy Genesis myths connect to Mungu, the ambelema rainbow serpent, Mambela initiation, and the maduali bullroarer.
Did Odysseus Discover America? The Source Dossier
Could Odysseus have reached America? A source dossier on Homer, Plutarch, Atlantic islands, Newfoundland, and Bay of Fundy.
The Dead Songs We Still Sing
Ritual language survives after meaning dies: bullroarers, hook-swinging, magic spells, and songs sung long after words go dark.
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I am once again asking you to consider the Sapient Paradox
Convergent Evolution for Self-Domestication
Man does not live by bread alone
The Control Group Has Been Controlled
Do thoughts influence quantum states? A review of double-slit, RNG, and collapse studies for readers trying to weigh the evidence.
Every Extant Death-and-Rebirth Text of Dionysus
A sourcebook of ancient texts for the Dionysus death and rebirth myth, from Zagreus sparagmos to the twice-born Semele tradition.