Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple, for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration! Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience.
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
* "China releases chips that can 'talk' to brain" (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d32517a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/rnNni]
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* "First Air Taxis to Fly in 2025 As Prototype Deemed Successful; An all-electric, pilotless taxi may be your ride to the airport, developers say" (2019-05-16, telesurenglish.net/news/First-Air-Taxis-to-Fly-in-2025-As-Prototype-Deemed-Successful-20190516-0025.html) [archive.is/LG64D]
- image caption: A battery-powered five-seater aircraft prototype, that Lilium hopes to bring into service by 2025.
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* "Curtin planetary scientist unravels mystery of Egyptian desert glass" (2019-05-15, news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-planetary-scientist-unravels-mystery-of-egyptian-desert-glass/) [archive.is/ZWsLE]
* "Mystery surrounding strange yellow glass adornment of King Tut finally cracked" (2019-05-16, rt.com/news/459512-tutankhamun-glass-mystery-egypt-space/) [archive.is/pjwFs]
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Ancient News
* "Modern humans split from Neanderthals 800,000 years ago: study" (2019-05-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e79497a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/VNPQn]
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* "History in ruins: Civilizations destroyed by war" (2019-05-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d35457a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/d5lMx]
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* "Yemen's history and its originality: Report" (2019-02-23, by Mona Zaid, sabanews.net/en/news527350.htm) [archive.is/xS5SS]
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* "Sophisticated technology unearthed beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid' " (2018-01-19, rt.com/news/416375-technology-discovered-ancient-greek-pyramid-keros/) [archive.is/uKYVo]
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* "Farmer stumbles upon ancient burial site containing elite tribal remains in Russia" (2019-05-18, rt.com/news/459692-ancient-remains-farmer-russia/) [archive.is/IwU79]
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* "Cambodia's National Treasure: Angkor safeguarded for future generations" video page (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/78557a4e34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/kJ9nl]
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* "Kaesong Chomsongdae, One of Korean Nation's Historical Relics" (2019-05-14, KCNA newswire, via oananews.org/content/news/general/kaesong-chomsongdae-one-korean-nations-historical-relics) [archive.is/WOEQu]:
Kaesong Chomsongdae is an astronomical observatory built in the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392), which shows the Korean nation's creative wisdom.
It is located in the western part of Manwoldae in Manwol-dong, Kaesong City.
Originally Chomsongdae was composed of the pedestal made of well-trimmed granites and astronomical instruments on it, but there is only the pedestal at present.
From the early days of its foundation, Koryo Kingdom organized public offices in charge of astronomy and meteorology to make an observation and register the results in detail.
The offices had recorded sunspots more than 50 times from 1105 to the closing days of Koryo Kingdom.
There are also detailed records about peculiar astronomical phenomena like solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, comets and meteors.
And the kingdom had already used five kinds of calendars from the 11th century on the basis of its own astronomical observatory data.
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* "160 ancient tombs discovered in central China" (2019-05-14, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/14/c_138058171.htm) [archive.is/sOCaT]
- photoset [archive.is/Mac2Z] [archive.is/AocQ0] [archive.is/NcR3G] [archive.is/pERFI] [archive.is/qHwGp] [archive.is/DwbS5]
- image caption: File photo shows brick carved with patterns unearthed from tombs dating from the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.
- note: there is a long-necked quadruped among the realistic depictions of animals...
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* "Mazu: Guardian Goddess of the Maritime Silk Road" (2019-05-14, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d7863544e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/JmzRf]
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* "Cultural Relic Preservation: Digital technologies bring more possibilities to relics in China" video page (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/7a677a4e34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/zD8Bp]
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* "Asian Civilizations: Longmen Grottoes: Symbol of ancient cultural exchange in Asia" video page (2019-05-19, news.cgtn.com/news/344d444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/Xpoxw]
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* "National Treasure: Nestorian stone tablet traces early Christianity in China" video page
- part 1 (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/7745444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/p3yS6]
- part 2 (news.cgtn.com/news/3345444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/gmSIv]:
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "My name is Chen Lifeng. I am a museum educator in Xi'an Beilin Museum. We call it the Forest of Stone Tablets Museum. Here it has collected over four thousand pieces of stones. Among them, most famous stone tablet is the Nestorian Stone Tablet. It's the earliest record about Christianity in ancient China."
The Nestorian stone tablet is a 279-centimeter limestone block. It was erected in the year 781 during the Tang Dynasty.
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "Alopen came to the City of Chang'an in the year 635. Emperor ordered chancellor to welcome them and help them to translate the holy Bible into Chinese. We can read some sentences like 寺满百城. In the big cities, you could find different churches. And people became more and more believed in Christianity --- the third religion after Buddhism, Taoism. Every Christmas Day, the Emperor would share delicious food to people who believed in Christianity. That's also the earlier record about the Christmas Day in ancient China."
According to the stone tablet, Alopen and his fellow Syriac missionaries came to China from the Eastern Roman Empire, bringing sacred books and images.
LU YUAN RESEARCH FELLOW "I have worked at Xi'an Beilin Museum for 30 years, ever since I was 29 years old. It's not an exaggeration to say that, among the thousands of stone tablets here -- and among the tens of thousands of stone tablets across China -- this Nestorian Monument enjoys the most amount of international attention. It's also been one of the most thoroughly studied stone tablets by scholars both at home and abroad."
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "On top of the stone tablet, you will find the cross. We all know that stands for Christianity. But below the cross, we can see the lotus and auspicious cloud. Lotus stands for Buddhism, and auspicious clouds stand for Taoism. From the two sides of the bottom, we can find a strange language, later identified as Syriac. It's a kind of old Syrian, mainly about the names of missionaries, and mountains and rivers in the ancient Roman Empire. Christianity brought cultures from Rome even from Persia to the ancient Tang Dynasty. And more than that, we can get ideas about new medical skills, even some food, and in every aspect."
The stone tablet was buried in the year 845, during an era of religious suppression. It was only rediscovered in 1625 during the Ming Dynasty. Overseas exhibitions of the Nestorian stone tablet have been forbidden since 2003.
LU YUAN RESEARCH FELLOW "When different cultures and traditions meet, they clash with each other then integrate. The Chinese philosopher Confucius advocates seeking harmony from diversity. I think this is true, as it reflects the trajectories of human history. It will remain this way in the future."
---
* "China, India scaled 'astronomical' heights when West was in Dark Ages" (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f78497a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/aZWgy]
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* "Ancient fish ponds in the Bolivian savanna supported human settlement Detailed study of taxa supports intentional maintenance of fish habitat for food" (2019-05-15, plos.org, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/p-afp050919.php) [archive.is/l0Tk9]
- image caption: Interior of circular pond with canal exit visible in the center of the far margin
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* "Archaeological discovery upends a piece of Barbados history" (2019-05-16, Simon Fraser University, sfu.ca, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/sfu-adu051619.php) [archive.is/kYeks]
---
* "Chinese museums and their uncertain future" (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d78597a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/bbLTs]
- image caption: Horn-shaped jade artifact on display in the Museum of Nanyue King in the south China city of Guangzhou.
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* "Afghan relics saved from war exhibited in China" (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f77597a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/DW5kT]
---
* "Game of Thrones-loving tourists are destroying 2000yo Hadrian’s Wall" (2019-05-20, rt.com/uk/459833-hadrians-wall-got-collapse/) [archive.is/gZYG2]
* "Hadrian's Wall COLLAPSING under weight of tourists climbing on top for selfies; Part of the world famous wall that inspired the Game of Thrones has collapsed in Northumberland thanks to selfie-mad tourists" (2019-05-20, mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hadrians-wall-collapsing-under-weight-16172485) [archive.fo/dc7xl]
* (2019-05-12, twitter.com/pete_savin/status/1127518588351451138) [archive.is/z1bYY]: Heartbreaking to see more of Hadrians Wall damaged this morning by irresponsible vistors climbing on the wall
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* "The story behind language preservation" (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e31517a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/u7ex5]
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Meandering track: Spacemind - Memory Hole [youtube.com/watch?v=uL0mvPZuklM]
Science & Futurism
[futurism.com] [kurzweilai.net] [eurekalert.org]
---
* "First Air Taxis to Fly in 2025 As Prototype Deemed Successful; An all-electric, pilotless taxi may be your ride to the airport, developers say" (2019-05-16, telesurenglish.net/news/First-Air-Taxis-to-Fly-in-2025-As-Prototype-Deemed-Successful-20190516-0025.html) [archive.is/LG64D]
- image caption: A battery-powered five-seater aircraft prototype, that Lilium hopes to bring into service by 2025.
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Space News
[astrobio.net]
* "Curtin planetary scientist unravels mystery of Egyptian desert glass" (2019-05-15, news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-planetary-scientist-unravels-mystery-of-egyptian-desert-glass/) [archive.is/ZWsLE]
* "Mystery surrounding strange yellow glass adornment of King Tut finally cracked" (2019-05-16, rt.com/news/459512-tutankhamun-glass-mystery-egypt-space/) [archive.is/pjwFs]
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Ancient News
* "Modern humans split from Neanderthals 800,000 years ago: study" (2019-05-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e79497a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/VNPQn]
---
* "History in ruins: Civilizations destroyed by war" (2019-05-16, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d35457a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/d5lMx]
---
* "Yemen's history and its originality: Report" (2019-02-23, by Mona Zaid, sabanews.net/en/news527350.htm) [archive.is/xS5SS]
---
* "Sophisticated technology unearthed beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid' " (2018-01-19, rt.com/news/416375-technology-discovered-ancient-greek-pyramid-keros/) [archive.is/uKYVo]
---
* "Farmer stumbles upon ancient burial site containing elite tribal remains in Russia" (2019-05-18, rt.com/news/459692-ancient-remains-farmer-russia/) [archive.is/IwU79]
---
* "Cambodia's National Treasure: Angkor safeguarded for future generations" video page (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/78557a4e34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/kJ9nl]
---
* "Kaesong Chomsongdae, One of Korean Nation's Historical Relics" (2019-05-14, KCNA newswire, via oananews.org/content/news/general/kaesong-chomsongdae-one-korean-nations-historical-relics) [archive.is/WOEQu]:
Kaesong Chomsongdae is an astronomical observatory built in the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392), which shows the Korean nation's creative wisdom.
It is located in the western part of Manwoldae in Manwol-dong, Kaesong City.
Originally Chomsongdae was composed of the pedestal made of well-trimmed granites and astronomical instruments on it, but there is only the pedestal at present.
From the early days of its foundation, Koryo Kingdom organized public offices in charge of astronomy and meteorology to make an observation and register the results in detail.
The offices had recorded sunspots more than 50 times from 1105 to the closing days of Koryo Kingdom.
There are also detailed records about peculiar astronomical phenomena like solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, comets and meteors.
And the kingdom had already used five kinds of calendars from the 11th century on the basis of its own astronomical observatory data.
---
* "160 ancient tombs discovered in central China" (2019-05-14, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/14/c_138058171.htm) [archive.is/sOCaT]
- photoset [archive.is/Mac2Z] [archive.is/AocQ0] [archive.is/NcR3G] [archive.is/pERFI] [archive.is/qHwGp] [archive.is/DwbS5]
- image caption: File photo shows brick carved with patterns unearthed from tombs dating from the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province.
- note: there is a long-necked quadruped among the realistic depictions of animals...
---
* "Mazu: Guardian Goddess of the Maritime Silk Road" (2019-05-14, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d7863544e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/JmzRf]
---
* "Cultural Relic Preservation: Digital technologies bring more possibilities to relics in China" video page (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/7a677a4e34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/zD8Bp]
---
* "Asian Civilizations: Longmen Grottoes: Symbol of ancient cultural exchange in Asia" video page (2019-05-19, news.cgtn.com/news/344d444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/Xpoxw]
---
* "National Treasure: Nestorian stone tablet traces early Christianity in China" video page
- part 1 (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/7745444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/p3yS6]
- part 2 (news.cgtn.com/news/3345444f34494464776c6d636a4e6e62684a4856/index.html) [archive.is/gmSIv]:
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "My name is Chen Lifeng. I am a museum educator in Xi'an Beilin Museum. We call it the Forest of Stone Tablets Museum. Here it has collected over four thousand pieces of stones. Among them, most famous stone tablet is the Nestorian Stone Tablet. It's the earliest record about Christianity in ancient China."
The Nestorian stone tablet is a 279-centimeter limestone block. It was erected in the year 781 during the Tang Dynasty.
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "Alopen came to the City of Chang'an in the year 635. Emperor ordered chancellor to welcome them and help them to translate the holy Bible into Chinese. We can read some sentences like 寺满百城. In the big cities, you could find different churches. And people became more and more believed in Christianity --- the third religion after Buddhism, Taoism. Every Christmas Day, the Emperor would share delicious food to people who believed in Christianity. That's also the earlier record about the Christmas Day in ancient China."
According to the stone tablet, Alopen and his fellow Syriac missionaries came to China from the Eastern Roman Empire, bringing sacred books and images.
LU YUAN RESEARCH FELLOW "I have worked at Xi'an Beilin Museum for 30 years, ever since I was 29 years old. It's not an exaggeration to say that, among the thousands of stone tablets here -- and among the tens of thousands of stone tablets across China -- this Nestorian Monument enjoys the most amount of international attention. It's also been one of the most thoroughly studied stone tablets by scholars both at home and abroad."
CHEN LIFENG MUSEUM EDUCATOR "On top of the stone tablet, you will find the cross. We all know that stands for Christianity. But below the cross, we can see the lotus and auspicious cloud. Lotus stands for Buddhism, and auspicious clouds stand for Taoism. From the two sides of the bottom, we can find a strange language, later identified as Syriac. It's a kind of old Syrian, mainly about the names of missionaries, and mountains and rivers in the ancient Roman Empire. Christianity brought cultures from Rome even from Persia to the ancient Tang Dynasty. And more than that, we can get ideas about new medical skills, even some food, and in every aspect."
The stone tablet was buried in the year 845, during an era of religious suppression. It was only rediscovered in 1625 during the Ming Dynasty. Overseas exhibitions of the Nestorian stone tablet have been forbidden since 2003.
LU YUAN RESEARCH FELLOW "When different cultures and traditions meet, they clash with each other then integrate. The Chinese philosopher Confucius advocates seeking harmony from diversity. I think this is true, as it reflects the trajectories of human history. It will remain this way in the future."
---
* "China, India scaled 'astronomical' heights when West was in Dark Ages" (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f78497a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/aZWgy]
---
* "Ancient fish ponds in the Bolivian savanna supported human settlement Detailed study of taxa supports intentional maintenance of fish habitat for food" (2019-05-15, plos.org, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/p-afp050919.php) [archive.is/l0Tk9]
- image caption: Interior of circular pond with canal exit visible in the center of the far margin
---
* "Archaeological discovery upends a piece of Barbados history" (2019-05-16, Simon Fraser University, sfu.ca, via eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/sfu-adu051619.php) [archive.is/kYeks]
---
* "Chinese museums and their uncertain future" (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d78597a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/bbLTs]
- image caption: Horn-shaped jade artifact on display in the Museum of Nanyue King in the south China city of Guangzhou.
---
* "Afghan relics saved from war exhibited in China" (2019-05-18, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414f77597a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/DW5kT]
---
* "Game of Thrones-loving tourists are destroying 2000yo Hadrian’s Wall" (2019-05-20, rt.com/uk/459833-hadrians-wall-got-collapse/) [archive.is/gZYG2]
* "Hadrian's Wall COLLAPSING under weight of tourists climbing on top for selfies; Part of the world famous wall that inspired the Game of Thrones has collapsed in Northumberland thanks to selfie-mad tourists" (2019-05-20, mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hadrians-wall-collapsing-under-weight-16172485) [archive.fo/dc7xl]
* (2019-05-12, twitter.com/pete_savin/status/1127518588351451138) [archive.is/z1bYY]: Heartbreaking to see more of Hadrians Wall damaged this morning by irresponsible vistors climbing on the wall
---
* "The story behind language preservation" (2019-05-17, news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514e31517a4e34457a6333566d54/index.html) [archive.is/u7ex5]
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Curiata
* "Drone spots odd geometric shapes swarming in South Pacific" (2019-05-16, rt.com/news/459516-drone-footage-australia-rays-swimming/) [archive.is/JPzga]
- video [https://web.archive.org/web/20190517063425/https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/ed1f7115ab3b7eb4ad5799a1ddb25a37/5CE0ADB3/t50.2886-16/60775584_323082185254479_3122886217163603968_n.mp4?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com]
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