Nova Drayke
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Unveiling the Mystery: Who Really Built the Pyramids?
It has been debated for centuries now, both in wonderment and in controversy, whether the pyramids are heard for their dimensions and man kept in awe due to their precision and the doubt still surrounding their construction: who really built these things? Mainstream scholarship wants to believe in some sophisticated, organized workforce made up of ancient Egyptians, but that only serves to tantalize alternative accounts, which are speculating and part of a scholarly inquiry into how these pyramids came to be. Here, I give a personal foray into this age-old question, which uses established historic evidence and then reflects on the ingenuity of our ancestors.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in History
The Mysterious Death of Alexander the Great
There are very few figures in history who can inspire as much admiration, wonder, and puzzlement as Alexander the Great. Even as I read dusty pages and allow my mind to wander through the ancient world, I find myself trapped in repeated fascinations regarding his sudden death. For a man who conquered nearly all the world that existed at the time, I question how such a death must mark his life, veiled in mystery.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in History
The Emotions Stirred by the Sound of Raindrops on My Window
There’s a certain comfort in the sound of raindrops on my window. It is a forgotten song, timelessness lingering within the air as a beat driving down deep within me into something deep. It is not only water hitting against the glass; it is a voice: whispery, demanding, homesick. And again and again and again, I listen.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in Confessions
The D.B. Cooper Heist: A Personal Odyssey into the Unknown
There is something strangely magical about mysteries that remain without resolution; this strange magic has haunted my imagination since the day D.B. Cooper was first woven into my consciousness. On a brisk day in November of 1971, an ordinary-looking man entered a Boeing 727 and calmly perpetrated one of the most audacious hijackings in American history. In a matter of hours, he had made some carefully chosen demands, walked away with a bag of ransom money and a parachute or two, and simply melted away into the night with a handful of questions and one very long trail of whispers—all of which still beckon my curiosity.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in History
While I Am Looking At The Stars
In those midnight hours, I turn to a refuge, a quiet haven apart from the noise and clamor of the outside world. In that solemn time, as the world grows silent and the stars appear, I lie on the cool, soft grass and turn my eyes up. It becomes an inner universe in an endless majesty, as if being displayed within a vast tapestry of subtle lights, as if whispering ancient secrets to the very essence of my soul.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in Longevity
The Peace of Lying on a Bed of Grass
There are moments when the world ceases to race, times when the frantic melee is drenched just a touch quieter in the distance, and nature murmurs its own low whispers. A moment such as that was found by me during an unexpectedly quiet afternoon and offered whole to the gentle caress of a huge patch of grass.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in Longevity
The calmness I feel when I hear the murmuring of the wind
There is a sort of stillness with the wind: Not silence, but murmur: an older language than words. I have attempted for many years to understand how it calms me, how it oozes into the creaks of my rest like a balm. Not the wind itself, but of the sound it makes: how it moans over power lines like a half-asleep cello, how it whispers through dry autumn leaves like it is telling a secret, how it whines against windowpanes on cold nights, a lullaby for the solitary.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in Confessions
Why Most Geniuses Are Introverts
Geniuses who've produced the most substantial changes have typically been more introverted than extroverted beings. Icons such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Charles Darwin are among the people who shifted human knowledge. In contrast, introversion is the paradox of those who, in silence, have moved the world. In the same way, even in the modern era, pros like Bill Gates, an inventor, manifest the force of introversion, although silently.
By Nova Drayke 10 months ago in Education
