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However as we showed in the film, the Kingdom of Saba ruled Ethiopia for a period just as in the Roman period the kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia ruled in the Yemen. Exactly how the Ethiopian tradition developed no one yet knows-but for all we know it may draw on a common fund of stories. Q: What is going to happen to the village from years ago where Queen Sheba ruled in Yeoman? When the last people go it will be demolished and the hill excavated unfortunately.

All the Ethiopian emperors right down to Haile Selassie claim descent from Menelik. Please see the Maya Vision web site: www. I will be away a lot of the time travelling for my next series on the history of India but if you have any queries one of my colleagues will try and help you. Q: Do you feel that the accounts in the Kibre Negast are closely aligned with the references pertaining to the Queen of Sheba as reflected in the Bible?

The Kebra Negast was written in the 13th century CE and it obviously builds on the Bible story and other traditions including earlier Ethiopian traditions, oral and written. Q: I am curious, do you have any projects directly involving Persia, or Persian culture? I have proposed other projects there as I would love to return. Q: In the movie the Shadow Alec Baldwin who is he?

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LLahsa I know that is in Tibet, but what mythical character are they talking about? I got into history as a young boy and studied it at university. When I left I was lucky enough to get a job working in TV as a journalist and it was another stroke of luck that let me bring my love of history to television and make In Search of the Dark Ages for the BBC. I also think that you should direct an animation special on the rise and the fall of the Roman Empire. I filmed at Casas Grandes in the series, Conquistadors , and I agree it is a fascinating area.

I have wanted to do something on the fall of the Roman Empire for a while now. Q: Is there anything to substantiate the fact that there might have been actual people whose traits and experiences influenced the creation of these specific characters and places? There is no doubt that the stories and myths use real places and landscapes so why not real people? Q: Is it possible to buy tapes or dvds of your show my dad and I would like to watch them but we can't stay up that late to watch them?

Q: What is the original name of King Arthur, and, or, what reason is given for the possible place for Camelot not excavated yet? Camelot, however, is a fictional place. Yes, I would love to make another series, although I am not sure who should feature in it. Thank you for your suggestions. Traveller's accounts of western Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist myths were in print and available in the s: Tucci's photos of Tsaparang came out the year before Hilton published Lost Horizon.

Q: Do you think there is some truth in these myths? Or do you think these myths are more like faith? I don't think literal historical truth matters in these myths. They last for thousands of years because they are universal and not specific, though they may often have a historical kernel of some kind. Q: Is this the same programme which I saw on PBS a couple of years ago where they searched and finally came to a valley where an ancient fore-bearer religion of Bhuddism still exists?

Q: I would like to find out more about the origins of the habesha people, their kings Ezana, Yohannes, Menelik and Haile Selasie. Is there a good place to start? What books did you use?

A very good guide to the origins of Ethiopia with good photos is Ancient Ethiopia by David Phillipson Q: I very much want a copy of the programme on VHS tape, can you advise how? Wasn't that also an ancient alternative? The route from Marib was a caravan route from Arabia to the near east. Q: I wanted to know if, in your journeys, you have uncovered other sources non-Ethiopian pointing to the nature of the relationship between Queen Sheba and King Solomon and most importantly, the birth of Menelik and the nature of his relationship with Solomon?

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Q: What do you think is really in the temple at Axum, if not the Ark of the Covenant? Well, Ethiopians describe what is in the chapel in Axum as the "tabot" or the "Ark of the Covenant", so presumably it is a container with tablets in it. However as no one from the outside has ever seen it we cannot know what date it is, or what it is for certain. Q: If you go back to Ethiopia, try to find out how the church was chosen to be Saint Mary's name.

Who decided the name? Did it come from Jerusalem or was the church in existence before Sheba brought the Ark of the Covenant? The Ethiopian Orthodox Church was founded by Greek speaking monks from Egypt and Syria in the 4th century CE and the original building of the church was probably from that time. But as you can see from the ruins and fragments around it, it is a much older sacred site going back at least to the 1st century CE.

The Sheba story in the bible though may come from 8th century BCE. This is all discussed in the book of the series. Q: Do you know if any organisations sponsor a tour of Arthur-related sites in Britain? Do you have a published list available of the sites featured in the programme, and are those sites accessible to the public? Sites featured in the programme are mentioned in the accompanying book, In Search of Myths and Heroes , published by University of California Press, but in the UK, the Cornish Tourist Board publishes a little booklet of Arthurian sites in the south west of England.

There are of course many other books on Arthurian themes. Q: Joseph Campbell expressed a belief that myths come from our deepest self and that they contain clues for our potential evolution. What are your thoughts on this? Or does a strictly empirical, Western materialist approach fail to properly consider the role of humans as observers?


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In this video from the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth ICE , the US theoretical physicist Sean Carrol argues that, through scientific enquiry, a comprehensive understanding of reality is within our reach. Indeed, one layer of our reality — the world of elementary particles and forces — has already been entirely accounted for. Countering him, the US scholar of Tibetan Buddhism B Alan Wallace argues that such a materialist account of our Universe fails to fully account for both the complexities of the human mind and the world outside it. This short documentary by the Peruvian filmmaker Guille Isa and the Colombian filmmaker Angello Faccini follows a local mother as she tries to teach her eight-year-old daughter, Dulce, to fend for herself in the water.

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Perhaps his best-known work is a trio of films about wolves — Death of a Legend , Cry of the Wild and Wolf Pack — aimed at educating the public and dispelling negative myths about the animals. For Wolf Pack , the shortest of the trilogy, Mason chronicled the lives of wolves facing the dramatic changes of the seasons over the course of a year, elucidating the central role of social hierarchies and cycles in their lives. T he whole here. Tibetan sacred texts speak of a mystical kingdom called Shambhala, hidden behind snow peaks somewhere north of Tibet, where the most sacred Buddhist teachings -- the Kalachakra or Wheel of Time -- are preserved.

It is prophesied that a future king of Shambhala will come with a great army to free the world from barbarism and tyranny, and will usher in a golden age. Similarly, the Hindu Puranas say that a future world redeemer -- the kalki-avatara, the tenth and final manifestation of Vishnu -- will come from Shambhala. Both the Hindu and Buddhist traditions say it contains a magnificent central palace radiating a powerful, diamondlike light. The mythical paradise of Shambhala is known under many different names: It has been called the Forbidden Land, the Land of White Waters.

But throughout Asia it is best known by its Sanskrit name, Shambhala, meaning 'the place of peace, of tranquility,' or as Chang Shambhala may be from its lying in the Chang Tang mountains? Buddhist texts say that Shambhala can be reached only by a long and difficult journey across a wilderness of deserts and mountains, and warn that only those who are called and have the necessary spiritual preparation will be able to find it ; others will find only blinding storms, empty mountains, or even death.

One text says that the kingdom of Shambhala is round, but it is usually depicted as an eight-petalled lotus blossom -- a symbol of the heart chakra. Indeed, an old Tibetan story states that 'The kingdom of Shambhala is in your own heart. Nevertheless, the idea that Shambhala is also located in the material world is firmly rooted in Tibetan tradition. Opinions on where the kingdom might lie, however, differ markedly.

Some Tibetans think it might be in Tibet, perhaps in the Kunlun mountains; more point toward the region around Mongolia and Sinkiang province of China; but most believe that Shambhala is in Siberia or some other part of Russia. Some lamas believe it is hidden in the desolate, uninhabited wastes of the Arctic. Bernbaum once had a dream of going with a guide to the north pole. As they approached the pole, the air became warmer and the snow cover thinner until there was only grassy tundra, flowers, and a balmy breeze.

Finally they came to a round pond with a small island that had a pole right at the centre. He turned to his guide and protested, 'But this is impossible! This can't be the north pole; there's supposed to be ice and snow up here.

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The Russian artist, philosopher, and explorer Nicholas Roerich travelled through China and Mongolia to the borders of Tibet in During a conversation with a lama, he was told: 'Great Shambhala is far beyond the ocean. It is the mighty heavenly domain. It has nothing to do with our Earth. Only in some places, in the Far North, can you discern the resplendent rays of Shambhala. Indeed, the expression 'the resplendent rays of Shambhala' seems to be a reference to the aurora that manifests in the polar region.