M.J. Rose

This is a beautiful bit from the Long Now Foundation blog about celestial harmonics and a software developer, Howard Arrington, who has used his own software to “visualize the relationship between pairs of planets, producing a series of intriguing geometric mosaics.” The best thing about it is that you can use the software to create you own images too. Here.

Harmonic Spheres and the Music of the Cosmos

We are women, hear us roar…

Unearthed Peruvian tomb confirms that women ruled over brutal ancient culture 

by Scott Sutherland

This ancient Peruvian priestess ruled over her people roughly 1,200 years ago.

“Archaeologists digging in an ancient Peruvian tomb have unearthed a skeleton, confirming that a mysterious people known as the Moche were ruled by a succession of queens that presided over a brutal and ritualistic society.

Centuries ago, in the Sechura Desert of northern Peru — one of the most arid and brutal environments on our planet — the Moche people developed an equally-brutal culture. With no written history left behind, much of their society still remains a mystery, but paintings on pottery have shown researchers evidence of a rigid culture of survival, with ritualized combats where the losing side was sacrificed.

Findings in recent years expanded the tale of these people even further, telling a story of how they were ruled by women, priestesses who also acted as queens…”

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