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The Helmet of Cotofenesti, one of four items stolen in Saturday’s robbery. Source: Jerónimo Roure Pérez / CC BY-SA 4.0.
27 JAN 2025 · 2 MIN

Romania’s National Treasures Stolen in Dutch Museum Robbery

In the early hours of the morning on Saturday, 25 January, thieves broke into a Dutch museum in a daring robbery, Four ancient gold artifacts were stolen from the Drents Museum in…
We understand every word of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, and yet nothing about what it is trying to tell us. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.
16 SEP 2024 · 6 MIN

The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus

Ever wondered why proponents of medieval alchemy thought they could turn lead into gold? Such a transmogrification seems the stuff of fantasy to us with our modern understanding of matter, chemistry and…