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Why did Zeus sleep with Persephone?

This is a great question. And it leads us to the problems of ancient myth. Persephone is a vegetation and underworld goddess that hails from several different strands of traditions.

The Imponderable Size of the Size of Imponderable Things

A depiction of the galaxies in the visible universe. It is estimated that there are up to 500 billion galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars, and each star with planets.

Orion the Hunter and Heavenly Shepherd

This is an excerpt from the article The Heavenly Shepherd: Approaches to a Resurrection Story, in the 2016 edition of Cosmos & Logos. The Greek Orion was known as the great hunter,

Calendars and Cosmographs at Fremont Indian State Park: A Preliminary Overview

Introduction In May of 2017 I was invited to represent the Utah Valley Astronomy Club (UVAC) at a star party hosted by Fremont Indian State Park (FISP) in south-central Utah.

Some Celestial Rock Art Motifs at Fremont Indian State Park and Tentative Interpretations of Their Function and Meaning

The Fremont culture, Fremont people, or what modern archaeological jargon defines as the “Fremont complex,” got its name from the Fremont River in Utah, where many of the culture’s sites were encountered by indigeno

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