Tag: india

  • Civilizations that counted up to a million

    Civilizations that counted up to a million

    A month ago or so, I read a post asking an interesting question: when has been the first time a civilization managed to count up to a million? Even though the answer was already typed, it got me wondering… how many cultures and peoples reached such a high number in their numerical script, apart of…

  • Vampires of the world (II)

    Vampires of the world (II)

    A follow-up of the previous vampire article, right in the middle of the month of terror! As we noticed before, a number of cultures have their own archetypes of ”vampire” or ”vampiric-like creature”, most of which created their own without knowing of the others. Is there a common, human fear of blood-sucking monsters that compels…