Abelam People of the Sepik River-Tribes of Papau New Guinea
Abelam People of the Sepik River-Tribes of Papau New Guinea HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTS AND CULTURAL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA....RAMDAS IYER 01.12.2017 - 14.11.2017 Common introduction to the blog series planned: Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a long history when it comes to human settlement. However, it is still a relatively…
Hypogeum- Subterreanean burials of Neolithic people, Malta
A WORLD HERITAGE SITE OLDER THAN THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS, MALTA...............RAMDAS IYER 18.07.2018 Inhabitants of this small and arid island nation of Malta have been digging cisterns for water storage for eons, but in 1902, while laborers worked on one, they stumbled into one of the most remarkable and well preserved…
A night with a Headhunting Tribe in their Longhouse- Borneo
A big fan of Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim", Borneo had always stuck in my mind as the ultimate frontier. In 1838, British adventurer James Brooke arrived to find the Sultan of Brunei fending off rebellion from warlike inland tribes. Sarawak ( Malaysian Borneo) was in chaos. Brooke put down the…
Blood sport in the Coliseum at Thysdrus,Tunisia circa 200 AD
Standing in the once blood splattered arena of this magnificent coliseum at El jem ( ancient Thysdrus) immediately reminded me of a glorious empire where Romans enjoyed good times in their colonies with wine, women and sport. The mosaics recovered from the villas that once dotted this rich city then…