The legend of a Viking Sun Stone, a mysterious crystal used by sailors to help navigate waters when conditions were heavily overcast, has long been told. But today, with the discovery of a curious white stone, strong credence and attention is being given towards this fabled object. Might it actually …
Book Review by John Davis Eerie Alabama, by Alan Brown; History Press: Charleston SC; $21.99 paperback. Book review appeared earlier in the Decatur Daily Available on Amazon Wandering off the main highways of Alabama can be pleasurable. Should I not also add mysterious, strange, intriguing and delightful? Yes, all those …
High on the west end wall in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle hangs a huge wooden disk known as King Arthur’s Round Table. But is it the actual Round Table used by that legendary order of chivalrous knights? In 1976, the mysterious 18 foot in diameter Round Table, weighing …
Who Made this Mysterious Fort? by John Davis Early settlers moving across the Appalachian Mountains from our eastern coastal colonies couldn’t imagine what they encountered. In the thickly forested, astoundingly beautiful region which later became eastern Tennessee, they discovered a stone walled ‘fort’. Here, at the confluence of two rivers …
In 1998 a mysterious marked stone, sometimes called the Arthur Stone, was found in Cornwall, UK, at Tintagel Castle during an archaeological excavation. This treasured find received lots of attention because of its inscription and the suggestion that the stone might provide evidence for the legendary King Arthur. The stone …
Book Review by John Davis The Secret Parts of Fortune, by Ron Rosenbaum; Random House: New York; 799 pages, hardback; $29.95.(Available on Amazon) Mystery and conspiracy are guaranteed to arouse the interest of the average American reader. Think of any of the several real world mysteries you’ve read about over …
Mystery in the PunchBowl Article by John Davis What honor do we render a Medal of Honor recipient? Would we leave him in an unmarked grave? This is actually the case. Such a scandal calls for action. Read this through and you can help! Willibald C. Bianchi, of New Ulm, …
Mystery Solved of Lost Sailor But Others Exist Article Written by John Davis Mysteries appear everywhere, if we only notice them. As Sherlock Holmes said, “You see, Watson, but you don’t observe.” How often do we observe what thousands have seen before, but then with a shock of revelation, “See …
The two different phrases, Et in Arcadia Ego, and I Tego Arcana Dei could hold a powerful understanding into man’s quest for wisdom. Both were part of the Maranatha puzzle series. Et in Arcadia Ego was the subtitle of the first Maranatha puzzle book; while I Tego Arcana Dei was the planned …
Almost all would recognize the story about a woman who, upon seeing the fruit was good; took it, ate it, and offered it to her husband who also took it and ate it and then suffered the consequences. The complete tale relates the fall of man and expulsion from paradise. …
