How to Spot a Scorpion in the Night Sky – Bonus: Red Giant Star Antares and the Waxing Gibbous Moon On summer evenings, you may notice a curved grouping of stars crawling across the southern sky, among them a brilliant red beacon. This is the constellation Scorpius, the scorpion, and beginning in late June, it’s […]
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‘Scorpion King’s Domain’: The Oldest Place Name Sign in the World
The oldest place name sign in the world has been found in Egypt. The inscription, which was etched into a rock in Wadi el Malik east of Aswan, dates back to the late fourth millennium BC. It names the location as part of the “Domain of the Horus King Scorpion.” Discovering the Oldest Place Name […]
Searching for the Lost Footsteps of the Scorpion Kings
There were two Scorpion Kings in the pre-dynastic period of ancient Egypt. They were forgotten by most of the world until Dwayne Johnson played one of the rulers in the famous movie ‘The Scorpion King’. While the character depicted in the movie bears little resemblance to either of the actual pharaohs, the history of the […]
One Year On – The Truth About The Manchester Bombing Scorpion
The Saker May 22, 2018 by Nick for The Saker Blog “Terrorism is like a scorpion; it can unexpectedly sting you at any time”. Among the Western nations to discover the bitter truth of Bashar al Assad’s 2013 warning was Britain, when a Libyan suicide bomber killed 22 people attending a pop concert in Manchester. […]
Scorpion venom: A natural remedy for rheumatoid arthritis?
(Natural News) Although scorpion venom is one of the deadliest chemicals in the world, it’s also one of the most useful. Multiple studies have shown this neurotoxin to have tremendous potential in the field of human medicine. The most recent of these studies, published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, […]
Undersea Lake in Gulf of Mexico Kills Everything It Touches
They call it the “Jacuzzi of Despair” and it’s not another teen horror movie … unless you’re a teenage fish trying to swim through it. Marine scientists have discovered a hot, toxic undersea pool on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico that kills every living thing attempting to cross it. While researching corals in […]