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450 Stolen Sumerian tablets are being repatriated to Iraq with a ceremony in Washington D.C. on May 2. Many of the cuneiform texts come from a mysterious city called Irisagrig – a land from which looted artifacts are becoming increasingly common in the antiquities market.
Alicia McDermott - 02/05/2018 - 13:58
... of ‘Lucy’, the famous fossil specimen discovered in Ethiopia in the mid-1970s. Australopithecus afarensis was ...
Gary Manners - 14/06/2023 - 23:01
Stone tools uncovered in Mongolia by an international team of archaeologists indicate that modern humans traveled across the Eurasian steppe ab
ancient-origins - 21/08/2019 - 13:55
... with hair samples of modern animals living in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Uganda, and Mozambique. The ... it is most likely the animals were brought from eastern Ethiopia and Eritrea. A more recent discovery adds weight ...
aprilholloway - 28/06/2018 - 11:15
Hecate the goddess of Greek mythology has been primarily remembered for her associations with magic and witchcraft. Throughout history however, her sphere of influence also included the moon, night, crossroads, boundaries, ghosts and necromancy.
dhwty - 06/10/2022 - 01:57
For thousands of years, nilometers measured the water level of the Nile River during the annual flood season. This, in turn, was used to predict the fortunes of the annual harvest, the taxes to be imposed (which determined the revenues of the state), as well as the prices of foodstuffs.
dhwty - 21/03/2020 - 18:15
... where he did so. Some ancient sources say he preached in Ethiopia, Mesopotamia, Iran, and Turkey. Others say he ...
Robbie Mitchell - 26/12/2022 - 22:03
... Peru. Source: Leon petrosyan / CC by SA 3.0 Africa In Ethiopia, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela represent an ... The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela. World Heritage Sites Ethiopia. [ ...
Joanna Gillan - 13/05/2023 - 23:01
... marks on fossilized animal bone remains, found in Dikika, Ethiopia in 2010, was made Shannon McPherron and her team ... of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikka, Ethiopia . Nature. [Online] Available at: ...
B. B. Wagner - 09/01/2020 - 22:55
Cleopatra VII (69 – 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and its last active ruler. Most famous for her love affairs with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, Roman propaganda was quick to paint Cleopatra as little more than a seductress who forged her position in the beds of powerful men.
Joanna Gillan - 15/05/2022 - 22:58
... Enoch, its disappearance, and how it was rediscovered in Ethiopia. He analyzes over two dozen excluded texts, such as ...
ancient-origins - 27/11/2021 - 13:12
... Thought to Protect Mother and Child Jawbone found in Ethiopia set to rewrite history, push back origins of humans ...
ancient origins - 30/05/2019 - 14:05
... that Aesop was of African origins –a black man born in Ethiopia . In modern Greek the word Aesop means Ethiopian or black man – a word cognate with Aethiops – Ethiopia. The first scholar to propose this theory was ...
Aleksa Vučković - 26/07/2019 - 23:07
Strategically located between two Peloponnese hills in southern Greece, the fortified site of Mycenae has entered collective consciousness mainly due to its mention in Homer’s the Illiad and the Odyssey which describes Mycenae as the kingdom of the mythical King Agamemnon.
johnblack - 26/03/2022 - 00:59
... restoration is based on evidence from the Daka Member, Ethiopia. The photo in the background is from a gallery ...
ancient-origins - 16/08/2018 - 01:57
... Than Believed The Intricately Carved Tiya Megaliths of Ethiopia Based on stylistic comparisons, archaeologist John ...
mrreese - 18/03/2023 - 00:57
In just twelve short verses the Gospel of Matthew records the visit of the mysterious Magi to pay homage to the baby Jesus. The allure of mystical wizards from exotic lands captured the imagination of early Christians. Matthew’s short narrative was expanded and elaborated to the Christmas tale we hear today.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker - 19/12/2019 - 01:58
... and Italy to South Arabia, India, the Malay Peninsula, Ethiopia and East Africa”, wrote archaeologists Marek ...
ashley cowie - 06/01/2019 - 18:51
The Red Sea coast has traditionally been one of the world’s great crossroads for trade and a meeting place of cultures. Because of this, there are many notable ports on this north-eastern coast of Africa. One of the most important of these was Adulis, which is now an important archaeological site. It has revealed many new insights about the region as well as international trade in the ancient world.
Ed Whelan - 28/09/2019 - 02:05