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The Ancient Grotto of the Seven Sleepers
The short story Rip Van Winkle, written in 1819 by the American writer Washington Irving, is about a man who woke up after a sleep of more than two decades. Although such a work of fiction is a relatively modern piece of writing, tales of people who fall asleep for an extraordinarily long period of time before waking up is a common motif in various cultures. One such story is the Grotto of the Seven Sleepers. Unlike the story of Rip Van Winkle, however, this story has a strong religious facet.
dhwty - 25/06/2022 - 15:04
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Syrian Army Discovers Tragic Destruction of Apamea at the Hands of Terrorists
The Head of the Department of Antiquities and Museums of Hama in Syria, Abdul Qader Farzet, has announced that the ancient Syrian city of Apamea, which was recently reclaimed by government forces, has suffered extensive and irreversibly damage by terrorist forces.
Joanna Gillan - 29/05/2019 - 19:00
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Derbent: Contested Ancient City Stronghold on the Silk Road
... Tong Yabghu’s successor, Buri-sad. Around the same time, Islam came to dominate the Arabian Peninsula and soon its ... Additionally, Derbent was used for the propagation of Islam in the area. In the centuries that followed, Derbent ...
dhwty - 05/10/2021 - 01:56
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The Delhi Sultanate: 300 Years of Muslim Power Over the Indian Subcontinent
... achievement of note, apart from the strengthening of Islam in the Kashmir region. A painting of west gate of ...
dhwty - 22/06/2018 - 14:00
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Oldest Soap Factory in the World Found, and It Was Vegan
Israeli archaeologists have discovered the oldest vegan soap factory in the world in Israel.
ashley cowie - 17/08/2020 - 18:48
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Stolen 1200-Year-Old Bible with Gold-Encrusted Motifs Recovered in Anti-Smuggling Raid in Turkey
A rare 1200-year old bible has been seized from a group of antiquities smugglers in Turkey. In recent years there have been a sharp spike in the numbers of historic artifacts smuggled into the country from neighboring Syria. The seizure of the precious sacred text shows the persistent problem of antiquity smuggling because of the Syrian civil-war.
Ed Whelan - 08/02/2019 - 13:51
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The Eerie Balbal Statues of the Eurasian Steppe
... of Turkic peoples established in Central Asia before Islam, and this wide distribution of the sculpted stones is ... drastically. This is perhaps due to the arrival of Islam, which forbade the depiction of human images. ...
dhwty - 04/06/2018 - 22:01
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Evidence of Camel Hybridization Found in Ancient Temple in Hatra, Iraq
The Temple of Allat is a well-preserved 2,000-year-old monument located at the site of the ancient market city of Hatra in northern Iraq. Allat was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess who was widely worshipped in the Middle East during the early centuries of the first millennium. In the second century AD, on a lintel above one of the temple’s inner entrances, an ancient sculptor created an image of a king’s head surrounded by two lines of five camels on each side.
Nathan Falde - 26/01/2022 - 00:00
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Aruj Barbarossa: Most Notorious Pirate of the Barbary Corsairs
Aruj Barbarossa, known also in Turkish as Oruc Reis, is one of the most notorious pirates in history. He lived between the 15th and 16th centuries, and was one of the most well-known Barbary corsairs. As allies of the Ottomans, the usual targets of Aruj and his corsairs were Christian and other non-Islamic vessels that sailed in the western Mediterranean.
dhwty - 09/08/2016 - 14:49
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The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture
The extraordinary manuscripts of Timbuktu: invaluable historical documents, objects of tremendous beauty, and a testament to a great center of learning and civilization.
ancient-origins - 30/06/2017 - 21:02
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How the 1,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Druze People’s Origin Was Solved
... religion was developed in 986 AD as a movement within Islam. While the spiritual elements of their religion are ... of various religions which include Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. This variety is most likely based on ...
ancient-origins - 17/11/2016 - 03:46
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Nalanda, Ancient University Opens to International Students Again
... sites associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Islam, to mention a few. India is a religiously diverse ... sites associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Islam, to mention a few. When Buddhism was founded more than ...
Ed Whelan - 21/06/2020 - 23:00
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Feathered Tricksters Since the Dawn of Time
... with the occult, witchcraft, and death. Neither does Islam offer these homeless birds a safe perch to land, as it ... with the occult, witchcraft, and death. Neither does Islam offer these homeless birds a safe perch to land, as it ...
ashley cowie - 12/02/2018 - 18:56
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Who Was Ibn Sina and Why is He a Google Doodle?
A surprising Google Doodle has greeted users of the search engine in the UK. The image celebrates the 1038th birthday of Persian polymath Ibn Sina. For many in the West, this may be the first exposure to the polymath from the Islamic Golden Age. That’s a plus in following one of Google’s goals for dispersing information through their Doodle’s, but it has also spurred a couple of questions.
Alicia McDermott - 07/08/2018 - 20:20
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The Genesis Of Modern Religions In Ancient Egypt
... of Europe and the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, did not originate there but rather had their genesis, ... Judaism, which gave rise to Christianity, and the later Islam were nestled by ancient intuitions that arose and were ...
Dr Edward Bruce Bynum - 15/09/2021 - 20:56
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Swords Versus Machine Guns: The Lopsided Battle of Omdurman — Part I
Victorian imperialism reached its apex on 2 September 1898, when the modern British army faced off against an army of poorly equipped Islamic fundamentalists known as Mahdists, and the battle would end the Mahdist War that began in 1881. Even though the war would be officially over the following year in 1899, Omdurman was the defining battle that finally broke the Mahdist back.
But how did the war start?
Cam Rea - 01/11/2017 - 19:28
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Ancient Assyrian Carvings Found Near Mashki Gate Destroyed by ISIS
Eight stunningly detailed carved stone panels have been discovered near the Mosul, Iraq. They were unearthed near Mashki Gate, a site that was bulldozed by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in 2016.
The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage recently told AFP that the ancient stone carved panels date back to the King Sennacherib, who ruled the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh from 705 to 681 BC.
ashley cowie - 22/10/2022 - 02:00
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Muslims Used the Nilometer to Tax the Ancient Egyptians (Video)
In 639, Arab Muslim forces arrived in Egypt, swiftly gaining control of the Nile and, within two years, the capital, Alexandria. Egypt fell entirely under their dominion. Notably, the first structure they erected was not a place of worship, but a facility for tax assessment, known as the Dialogic.
Robbie Mitchell - 31/10/2023 - 20:00
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Baphomet: Was the Diabolical Demon Really Worshipped by Knights Templars?
... that this name is a corruption of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. European Christians at the time perceived Islam as the worship of Muhammad, which they considered ...
dhwty - 04/11/2018 - 19:00
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The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire
... of the northern Europeans. To the south the armies of Islam, under command of the Umayyad caliphs (661–750), were ... territory (modern day France) and furthering the spread of Islam and during the late ninth century, invaders from the ...
Cam Rea - 06/11/2019 - 22:28