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• Polyacrodus

  By Jason R. Abdale on May 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  NOTE: This article was originally published on May 4, 2022. On December 30, 2025, it was updated and re-uploaded. Polyacrodus was a genus of prehistoric shark, composed of several species, with fossils found in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and… Read More ›

• Cretaceous Stegosaurs in North America? Maybe

  By Jason R. Abdale on May 1, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Stegosaurus stenops. © Jason R. Abdale (August 1, 2020) Stegosaurus is one of the most famous dinosaurs in the world. With its large back plates and spiked tail, it’s commonly seen in every child’s dinosaur book and is one of… Read More ›

• May 1 – Part 3: “May Day” in Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Europe

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 29, 2022 • ( 2 )

  For most people nowadays, late June marks the beginning of Summer with the occurrence of the Summer Solstice, the day which holds the longest period of sunshine. However, this view is relatively recent. Even in some societies to this day,… Read More ›

• May 1 – Part 2: Beltane, the Celtic Festival of Summer

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Lo, dawning o’er yon mountain greyThe rosy birth-day of May!Glen-Shira knoweth well ‘tis Beltane’s blissful day. — Evan MacColl Summer is a-comin’ in! May 1 is the date of the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane, which marks the first day… Read More ›

• May 1 – Part 1: The Month of Maia, the Ancient Roman Goddess of Motherhood

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  May is named in honor of the ancient Roman goddess Maia, the goddess of motherhood. Maia was also referred to by the Romans as Bona Dea, “the Good Goddess”. She might be one-and-the-same with Tellus, the ancient Roman “Mother Earth”… Read More ›

• April 21 – Happy Birthday, Rome!

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  A scene from the movie The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). For many people including myself, it is utterly impossible to imagine a world without Rome. The fabled “Eternal City of the Seven Hills” dominated the ancient world for… Read More ›

• The “Other” Windtalkers: The Comanche Code-Talkers of the US Army in World War II

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  IntroductionThanks to the 2002 movie Windtalkers starring Adam Beach and Nicolas Cage, many people have become aware of the Navajo code-talkers who served with the US Marines in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese during World War II. Numerous books… Read More ›

• April 12-19 – The Cerealia: The Feast of Ceres, the Ancient Roman Goddess of Agriculture

  By Jason R. Abdale on April 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Wheat in a field. Public domain image, Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheat_in_field.jpg. It is now mid April. The cold chill of Winter has been banished, and there will only be warmer days to come. New green growth is springing up everywhere. The… Read More ›

• The Cedar Mountain Allosaur

  By Jason R. Abdale on March 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Cedar Mountain Formation is a geological formation located in the western United States, mostly within the state of Utah, with rocks dating to the early and middle parts of the Cretaceous Period. The Cedar Mountain Formation is most well-known… Read More ›

• List of articles about the Hell Creek Formation

  By Jason R. Abdale on March 18, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Since I started this blog in the Summer of 2013, I have written several articles and I have posted several examples of my artwork associated with the Hell Creek Formation. This geological formation, dated to the very end of the… Read More ›