- An
omphalos is a
religious stone artefact. In
Ancient Gr****, the word ὀμφᾰλός (
omphalós)
means "navel".
Among the
Ancient Gr****s, it was a
widespread belief...
- from the
hands of the
three priestess figures of
Athenian origin.
Omphalos (
Omphalos is also the name of the
stone given by Zeus's
mother Rhea to Cronus...
- The
Omphalos hypothesis is one
attempt to
reconcile the
scientific evidence that the
Earth is
billions of
years old with a
literal interpretation of the...
- "
Omphalos" is a
science fantasy short story by
American author Ted Chiang. It is
named after the
Omphalos hypothesis and a 1857 book by
English naturalist...
- "navel".
Omphalos may also
refer to:
Omphalos Stone, a
stone in Gr****
mythology Omphalos (book), by
Philip Gosse Omphalos (story), by Ted
Chiang Omphalos hypothesis...
-
Omphalos? Only this
really (and
perhaps paradoxically): that we can
devise no way to find out
whether it is wrong—or for that matter, right.
Omphalos...
-
sovereign country named Ladonia. In 1999,
another sculpture,
Omphalos (named
after Omphalos, a
small sculpture in the
temple at Delphi, "marking the centre...
- is the
omphalos, an
indentation whose mirrored surface provides multiple reflections of any
subject situated beneath it. The apex of the
omphalos is 27...
- now displays." In 1857,
British naturalist Philip Henry Gosse published "
Omphalos" (Gr**** for "navel"),
aiming to "resolve the
geological dilemma." Gosse...
-
Acropolis in the year 1862, and
dubbed "Apollo
Omphalos"
because it was
thought to have
originally stood on an
omphalos-shaped base. It was
found in
multiple fragments...
