Dr Leo Sharashkin points out in here that Anastasia eco/kin-domain settlements are not a commune, it’s not a place where members share everything. This is a community/village where each family owns their land, and each family produces their own food. Once you build your family homestead, it’s not only going to feed your body, but also your soul.
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Bal Masqué (1880). Charles Hermans (Belgian, 1839-1924).
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (The Final Episodes)
Face of a Young Girl by Lucien Victor Gurand de Scevola 1899
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Karelian witchcraft/sorcery (1920)
Karelians are an ethnic group from the Northern European region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
Karelians are an ethnic group from the Northern European region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
When Willies Carrier invented what we would know as an air conditioner in 1902, it wasn't his intention to cool your home. These early AC machines were designed for use in industrial quality control. Domestic applications become the norm after WW2 which, in part, led to the age of suburban tract housing, in the US. The mass adoption of this technology forever changed traditional architectural details and customs.
Prior to the mass adoption of air conditioning in domestic houses, houses were specially designed to naturally control the inside temperature. This article lists various methods of how this was done.
The first thing they mention is underground dwellings, as well as cave dwellings. Cave dwellings is what came to mind when I thought about our ancestors’ oldest strategies for controlling their dwellings’ temperature.
When I think of such dwellings, I do not picture some dirty ancient caves with primitive, uncivilized cavemen. I see sophisticated, high-tech rock-cut palaces, temples, and dwellings, with decorative tiles, wall plaster, stone tablets, sculptures and carvings, area rugs, and elegant furniture.
I see something resembling Tolkien’s Middle Earth cities rather than dirty primitive caves, and that’s based on my knowledge of the remaining rock-cut ruins of palaces and temples around the world. If you do some research into rock-cut ruins, you will understand what I mean.
https://interestingengineering.com/how-people-kept-cool-before-air-conditioners
Prior to the mass adoption of air conditioning in domestic houses, houses were specially designed to naturally control the inside temperature. This article lists various methods of how this was done.
The first thing they mention is underground dwellings, as well as cave dwellings. Cave dwellings is what came to mind when I thought about our ancestors’ oldest strategies for controlling their dwellings’ temperature.
When I think of such dwellings, I do not picture some dirty ancient caves with primitive, uncivilized cavemen. I see sophisticated, high-tech rock-cut palaces, temples, and dwellings, with decorative tiles, wall plaster, stone tablets, sculptures and carvings, area rugs, and elegant furniture.
I see something resembling Tolkien’s Middle Earth cities rather than dirty primitive caves, and that’s based on my knowledge of the remaining rock-cut ruins of palaces and temples around the world. If you do some research into rock-cut ruins, you will understand what I mean.
https://interestingengineering.com/how-people-kept-cool-before-air-conditioners
Interesting Engineering
How People Kept Cool Before Air Conditioners
What did people do to cool down before air conditioners during hot long summers? Let's look at some strategies they used.
This is just one example of rock-cut ruins from Turkey. I know it may not look like much now, but to remember, this is a very old structure that’s been eroded with time. It looked completely different when it was whole and in use.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/myra-necropolis
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/myra-necropolis
Atlas Obscura
Myra Necropolis in Demre
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Ajanta Caves. That’s just what survived throughout the millenniums. Much more was lost after global cataclysmic events
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel (ca. 1280 BCE), one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture.