The “Twelve Tribes of Israel” may be an Iron Age invention for a unified kingdom that never existed (Ori229 / Public Domain)

Unpicking the Old Testament: The Twelve Tribes of Israel

The Bible is a massively misunderstood text. Many will insist on the literal truth behind the stories, and many more will dismiss the entirety of the text as fantasy. But both sides are wrong. The Bible is a far more complex and layered text than either of these oversimplifications would allow. This can clearly be

The Celtic “Warrior of Hirschlanden” is believed to depict a member of the Kóryos (Harke / Public Domain)

The Kóryos, and the Bronze Age Need for Murderers

The Bronze Age was a time of immense upheaval for Indo Europeans. As these people came together and took giant steps towards society and civilization there was much to be learned, and many problems to be resolved. The discovery of metallurgy, which supercharged the Stone Age agricultural revolution, changed the world forever. Gone were the

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