tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223576972024-03-13T01:34:00.824+00:00The Lorraine Evans BlogSlightly quirky explorer looking for the next adventure in her lifeLorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-87291536411020902362020-09-07T13:10:00.002+01:002020-09-22T12:22:01.585+01:00Burying the Dead Release 30th November 2020<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Delighted to announce that Burying the Dead is now available for pre-order via the Pen and Sword website, Amazon and all good bookstores. Release date is the 30th November 2020. A brief introduction....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AFd10NdAtDtOiYz-5zRC2zIl7Ybg36R3XndfTd8qD71COlrCU13RHnb6Qw6-O4pOnAkdaIP3yuNowCu_RSLGZTsMRCtDvYjKP7M9whD9uTl4U8blRaSfkNGfzr7FWZGA2wJtJg/s2048/view19012836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1373" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AFd10NdAtDtOiYz-5zRC2zIl7Ybg36R3XndfTd8qD71COlrCU13RHnb6Qw6-O4pOnAkdaIP3yuNowCu_RSLGZTsMRCtDvYjKP7M9whD9uTl4U8blRaSfkNGfzr7FWZGA2wJtJg/s320/view19012836.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lots of talks, walks and competitions to come in the upcoming weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Feel free to message me if you would like further information</span> .</span></div></div><br /><div><br /></div>Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-45364564291422063022020-03-07T11:30:00.002+00:002020-03-07T11:33:52.673+00:00New Book Release: Burying the Dead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pleased to announce the upcoming release of my new book Burying the Dead, by Pen and Sword. Fingers crossed it should be out in November of this year (2020). I will be giving a number of related talks, as well as guided walks, more of which shall be posted soon. Please feel free to contact me with regards to interview or speaker requests. </div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-3046885872396637882020-01-21T09:41:00.001+00:002020-01-21T09:41:41.533+00:00Journal of Wetland Archaeology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pleased to announce that myself and prehistorian Floor Huisman are the new Social Media officers for the Journal of Wetland Archaeology. It is a fabulous resource, ranging from Bog Bodies, the Ancient Egyptian delta region to the marshlands of Iraq. Feel free to join our Twitter discussions @JnlWetlandArch. More to follow, but if you would like further information, please feel free to drop me a line.</div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-89014231886162025572019-12-21T10:19:00.000+00:002019-12-22T11:44:42.344+00:00Back to Business<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes, after many years of enforced absence, which I won't go in to at present, the website and blog are about to become active once more. Please feel free to follow me in my new journey. But before the adventures commence, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Xmas/Happy Holidays!<br />
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-36564020971125769992015-01-28T14:44:00.003+00:002015-01-28T14:44:49.026+00:00Busy, Busy, Busy.........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-30275479993860593202014-07-11T09:18:00.000+01:002014-07-11T09:19:50.804+01:00Clickimin Broch, Lerwick, Shetland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since my last blog post I have been on an 'adventure', so to speak, and one of many more to come I hope. This particular trip into the unknown featured one of my personal 'bucket list' destinations, the Shetland Islands. I must say it lived up to all my expectations, both rugged and wild, and appeared pretty much untouched by today's modern world. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Shetland, or its location, in short it is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies in the North Sea, just to the west of Bergen, Norway. Regarded as a haven for all kinds of wildlife, it also houses some of the most important archaeological sites in the UK, such as the famous prehistoric/Norse settlement of Jarlshof and the nearby Old Scatness. It would only be fair of me to share with you some of the remarkable 'sites' Shetland has to offer. So to start with I will ease you in gently and give a brief introduction and a few images of the rather well situated Broch of Clickimin just outside Shetlands main town of Lerwick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Shetlands southern 'Mainland', located on a small islet in the Loch Of Clickimin, some 15 minutes walk from the centre of Lerwick, lies the well-preserved and easily accessible Clickimin Broch. Now
connected to the southern shore of the loch by a walkway, the site was originally a Bronze Age farmstead, later developing into a Iron-Age ring-fort and finally becoming a broch in the 1st century AD. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The broch was originally up to 12-15m high and came with the usual
rooms, enclosures and stairs within its thick, dry stone walls. The site
was first uncovered in the 1850s yet professionally excavated between 1953 and 1957 by J.R.C Hamilton, who discovered two fragments of Roman glass in the excavation dating from the early 1st to mid-third centuries AD.</span><br />
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-69991101367897704332014-06-15T13:40:00.005+01:002014-06-15T13:43:42.779+01:00The Art of Stone Carving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-75099242461500307062014-05-15T10:07:00.000+01:002014-05-15T10:07:17.822+01:00Archaeologists at Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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new blog post from my colleague Robert Chapple illustrating how we
archaeologist work at times. As Robert states: ‘This is what we’re like.
These are the spaces and places that we have created. They are where we
work, where we think, where we write’. A great read folks and my own
'workstation' can be viewed among the many wonderful examples.</span></span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-6454032701028929252014-05-08T10:18:00.001+01:002014-05-08T10:19:00.562+01:00New Article in The Heretic Magazine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just to let people know I have a new article on genetic memory just published in Issue 5 of The Heretic Magazine. Further details can be found by clicking on the link <a href="http://www.thehereticmagazine.com/">www.thehereticmagazine.com</a></span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-59126707021431995232014-04-29T15:45:00.000+01:002014-04-29T15:49:08.265+01:00On the Pictish Trail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well as the summer is fast approaching and my rather nasty 'injury' is finally healing, I have decided to devote my time to visiting as many small museums and archaeological trusts as I can muster. So for my first foray I would like to introduce you to this remarkable little museum on the North-East coast of Scotland - the Groam House Museum - which I visited recently when it opened its doors for the new summer season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Groam House Museum, the word Groam is an old term for a bog or marshy place, can be found in the small village of Rosemarkie in north-east Scotland. It is an award winning local museum, renowned for its collection of Pictish stones, many of which were discovered in the adjacent old burial ground. Very little is known about the Picts, named first by the Roman invaders, their territory extended from the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland to the heartland of Scotland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The centre piece of the collection is the beautifully-carved Rosemarkie cross-slab, thought to date to the late 8th century. A 19th century black and white etching is shown left. Although it is unclear where it was originally erected, it had been placed in and outside the local church at times, it was given to the Museum in 1980 for safe keeping. Currently reaching a height of 2.9m x 0.75m x 0.18m, this particular cross slab is carved on both sides in shallow relief, Christian symbols of the front, Pictish markings on the back, whilst the bottom is buried in a concrete base. The top part of the slab is now missing. The 'Rosemarkie Cross' is rather unusual as both of the narrow sides of the stone are also carved with ornament, filled with interlaced serpent-like creatures and strange fish like animals.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mJWoyozm7LyFoeSRQOk8_5RZxeBBbkOI0azTc_Hwy8PL0YAqeQmE51n_b8m1JfzCx7Yd6VAbahylEjfCcMc0GnDAUkzCw2tlkUx-A3jK0v5W2cwrMFVg6x7FCr3HhqKmuqRwgg/s1600/Good+Friday+2014+045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mJWoyozm7LyFoeSRQOk8_5RZxeBBbkOI0azTc_Hwy8PL0YAqeQmE51n_b8m1JfzCx7Yd6VAbahylEjfCcMc0GnDAUkzCw2tlkUx-A3jK0v5W2cwrMFVg6x7FCr3HhqKmuqRwgg/s1600/Good+Friday+2014+045.jpg" height="180" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though the Rosemarkie Cross is without question the highlight of the Museum, and takes centre stage in the gallery, there are a number of other fine Pictish stones and slabs on display. One is in fact a cast, the original artefact was found in the adjacent churchyard and was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1885. It is now in the care of the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Measuring 250mm x 270mm x 70mm, and decorated on only one side, the relief it depicts a bearded man surrounded by five wolf-like beasts. Some have argued that this particular scene may represent the biblical Daniel in the Lions Den but Pictish experts think it is more likely that the carving is more likely to represent a native heroic story of some kind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This particular fruit-like design is often referred to as a vine-scroll pattern and reflects the passage in the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 15, where Christ compares Himself to a vine, and his disciples to its fruit, each dependent upon each other. The grapes of the vine also relate to the wine associated with the Sacrament of the Eucharist into the Blood of the body of Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So there you have it folks. A wee peak at a rather splendid collection of Pictish artefacts on display at present at the Groam House Museum. In addition to which there is a replica Pictish harp, a collection of Pictish symbols for people to create their own designs, a comprehensive collection of photographs of Pictish stones in Scotland for research purposes. and a well-stocked museum shop. Admission to Groam House Museum if FREE, opening hours are Monday-Friday: 11am - 4.30pm, Saturday and Sunday: 2pm - 4pm. Further details can be found on their website at <a href="http://www.groamhouse.org.uk/">www.groamhouse.org.uk</a></span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-63988266681517826312014-04-14T14:08:00.003+01:002014-04-29T15:47:42.997+01:00Intrepid Magazine Article<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I have a new article published regarding the study of 'Genetic Memory' in the rather excellent Intrepid Magazine. Further details can be found via their website at <a href="http://www.intrepidmag.com/">www.intrepidmag.com</a></span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-16040759572228241222014-04-12T14:38:00.004+01:002014-04-29T15:49:55.422+01:00Apologies..............<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would like to apologise for the lack of updates on both this blog and the Lorraine Evans website. A personal injury forced me to take an unprecedented sabbatical from all study and research. I am pleased to say I will be returning to my research shortly. In the meantime, thank you to all those of you who sent me private good wishes. It was and is much appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apologies for the lack of posts of late. Finally, the UK was rewarded with quite a good summer and, as such, I have not spent too much time at the computer. In fact, I have spent most of the time on various research trips, the fruits of ones labour can be seen over at my new photography site <i>Morte Photography</i> <a href="http://www.mortephotography.co.uk/">www.mortephotography.co.uk</a> Please pop on over and take a wee look.</span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-45692223203081107202013-07-11T16:17:00.000+01:002013-07-11T16:17:02.880+01:00Whilst On My Way.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Whilst on my way to a burial ground this morning, for a little research, I stumbled across this in someone's window. I really need to book some more dates! :)<br />
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-43204318321851026982013-07-11T16:13:00.002+01:002013-07-11T16:13:38.280+01:00Tempus Fugit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-68333802091327593422013-05-26T13:16:00.001+01:002014-04-12T14:40:06.401+01:00Saving the Turoe Stone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-82155330728920375222013-04-01T16:31:00.003+01:002014-04-12T14:41:20.344+01:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just to let folks know that there are quite a few updates over at the Lorraine Evans website, including a new article by yours truly on 'Symbols of Mortality' in the new edition of AncientPlanetOnline magazine, a new Guest Slot featuring a fascinating article by Andrew Collins on the ancient site of Gobelki Tepe and much, much more....</span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-30823662402658148412013-02-13T12:40:00.000+00:002014-04-12T14:42:17.068+01:00A Dingwall Delight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This particular example was first identified as a Pictish stone in the year 1880, it was being used as a lintel over the doorway of the local church at the time, and has now been removed and placed upright opposite the entrance to the burial ground. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Measuring a full 1.31m high, 0.55m wide and 0.24m thick, it is just possible to see the rather ornate carvings below the encroaching moss and lichen. On the west face there is a double-disc and Z-rod complete with accompanying crescents with V-rods at the centre and base of the stone. On the east face there are three circles at the top, below which is another crescent and six cup marks. The existence of carved cup marks does suggest an earlier prehistoric date for the stone and it was probably re-used by the local Pictish inhabitants. </span></div>
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For those interested in ancient Egyptian temples, I have set up a page on Facebook devoted to the wonders of Medinet Habu, the mortuary temple of Ramasses III situated on the West Bank, Luxor. Please feel free to pop over and take a look.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em>Did Bronze Age Britons walk from the Humber to the Nile, or did Ancient Egyptians make the 3,000 mile trek in the opposite direction? This is one of the 4,000 year old questions posed by a new link between an East Yorkshire riverside village and Egypt’s Great Pyramid.<br />The Ferriby Heritage Trust, the village charity which owns the replica of the stitched plank Bronze Age ships found buried on the North Ferriby foreshore, is linking with the Khufu Boat Museum alongside the Great Pyramid at Giza to exchange information and experience as an international team rebuilds a stitched plank ship found in a sealed chamber alongside the pyramid.<br />Following a New Year visit to the area Afifi Rohim Afifi, Chief Inspector of the Pyramids and general manager of the new Solar Boat project, where the second Cheops boat (and an exact replica for international display) will be built and displayed, said it was important to him and his team to know as much as possible about the Ferriby Ships and their discovery. Remains of such early vessels have been found mainly in North West Europe, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean and have been mostly fragmentary, which makes the Ferriby Ships very significant.<br />Ferriby Heritage Trust chairman Wendy Dobbs, who escorted Mr Afifi on his tour of the riverside discovery site with its outline “pavement” and the replica at the Welton Waters Activity Centre where the half scale replica is based for research and education work, said the new liaison highlighted the international significance of the Ferriby Ships.<br />“One of the most intriguing aspects is how, when personal contact was the main means of communication, did such similar methods of construction develop in communities 3,000 miles apart at around the same time. It is known prehistoric man walked huge distances but, in this instance, there was some difficult territory to cross.<br />“Mr Afifi was particularly interested in the Riverside Walkway area and had a strong feeling there could be other remains to be found. Ground penetrating radar has been used with considerable success in Egyptian archaeology and he thinks a GPR survey of our area could be well worthwhile.”</em></span></span></div>
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-15639018646001722122012-12-04T11:06:00.000+00:002012-12-04T11:06:07.977+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For those of you who are interested in all things Xmassy, I thought you may like to read this excellent blog, entitled Jonathan's Mistletoe Diary, about the origins of mistletoe<br />
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-27790835029541168402012-11-10T11:37:00.002+00:002012-11-10T11:37:35.084+00:00ANCIENT SCOTLAND TOURS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just wanted to bring to peoples attention a mighty fine new little tour company opening up in the Highlands of Scotland. Specialising in archaeology and history tours, I'd drop them a line if you are thinking of visiting Scotland any time soon.........<br />
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Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22357697.post-46729764373496635222012-08-09T11:15:00.002+01:002012-08-09T11:19:27.225+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaLI3tPrP67giqFlotqMgSLYj6VzGOxuQga_02-RG3eGPCxkhz5csBHrvrPJERntVOV4sN_zc8Zo31Zx-_HcN_C55mX0xjkKJdHAPHcGJ5XHatJ46zS0zsA-abc4PRqeMt-F3-Q/s1600/heretic+osiris.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaLI3tPrP67giqFlotqMgSLYj6VzGOxuQga_02-RG3eGPCxkhz5csBHrvrPJERntVOV4sN_zc8Zo31Zx-_HcN_C55mX0xjkKJdHAPHcGJ5XHatJ46zS0zsA-abc4PRqeMt-F3-Q/s320/heretic+osiris.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774615965917375250" /></a><br /><p align="justify">Read my new article entitled <strong>'The Symbolic Burial of Osiris'</strong> in the first edition of the innovative new <strong>The Heretic Magazine</strong></p><p align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.thehereticmagazine.com/">www.thehereticmagazine.com</a><br /></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><br /></strong></p>Lorraine Evans http://www.blogger.com/profile/13593053258187112080noreply@blogger.com0