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A Matter of Honor? Evidence of Brutal Child Sacrifice Surfaces in Ancient Mesopotamia
... the 4,500-year-old royal cemetery at Ur, in modern-day Iraq, which were excavated in the 1920s. The results revealed ...
ashley cowie - 02/07/2018 - 19:01
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Ancient Marvels: Ten Amazing Inventions Created Before Their Time
... in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. The Nimrud lens (also called the Layard lens) was made ...
Joanna Gillan - 26/12/2023 - 01:02
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Huge Roman Mosaic Depicting Trojan War Saved From Terrorists in Syria
... 2016, ISIS conquered vast swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq. Smithsonian Magazine frequently reported on ISIS ...
ashley cowie - 14/10/2022 - 22:57
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The World-wide Mysterious Phenomena Of Elongated Skulls
... the same time were also found in the Shanidar Cave in Iraq. In the eastern highlands of Brazil, a skull was ...
Rita Louise - 17/10/2013 - 05:00
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The Ottoman Empire: 600 Years of Domination
... Safavids, extending their empire into the area of modern Iraq. In the latter, they fought against the Christians, most ... of Syria and Lebanon, while the latter Palestine and Iraq. In 1922, the sultanate was abolished and the Republic ...
dhwty - 16/02/2020 - 22:52
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Parthian Warrior Grave Accidently Unearthed During COVID-19 Burial
... the Tigris to the south of modern Baghdad, Iraq. A Feared and Respected Mounted Cavalry The Parthian ...
ashley cowie - 04/05/2020 - 17:29
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A Metal of Power and Prestige: The Ancient Copper Industry of North America
... BC, including a copper pendant from Shanidar cave in Iraq, copper beads from Cayonu Tepsi in Turkey, a rolled ...
Jason Jarrell - 23/08/2017 - 15:21
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Long Lost Golden Age - Just a Myth?
... age. Akkadian inscription found at the city of Marad in Iraq, ca. 2260 BC. ( CC BY-SA 2.0 FR ) This principle of ...
Walter Cruttenden - 18/11/2020 - 19:03
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Those Who Once Reigned: Experts Name Famous and Forgotten Ancient Gods
... King Murugan or Sanat Kumara, and among the northern Iraq sect of Yezidis he is called Tawsi Melek, the Peacock ...
ancient-origins - 03/08/2016 - 14:52
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8,000-Year-Old Neolithic Temple Discovered in Saudi Arabia
... error in the first paragraph which confused Al-Faw port in Iraq with this site which is Al-Faw in Saudi Arabia. ...
Sahir - 29/07/2022 - 22:58
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20 Million Artifacts In Latin America’s Largest Museum - Gone - In Blazing Inferno
Saint Christopher's Palace in the Quinta da Boa Vista park, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had served as residence for both the Portuguese and Brazilian royal families before becoming the National Museum in 1892. The building has been listed as Brazilian National Heritage since 1938.
ashley cowie - 04/09/2018 - 13:55
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On the Origin of Man
... and teachers. The Sumerian civilization (present day Iraq) called their gods, the Anunnaki, and described how ...
teplish - 07/09/2013 - 04:40
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“Intriguing” Prehistoric Silver Jewelry in Omani Tomb Evidence of Regional Trade
... Al Batinah is likely to have been made in Mesopotamia (Iraq) using Anatolian silver (Turkey) for an individual ...
Sahir - 14/11/2022 - 16:58
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Incredible 4,000-year-old Stone Board Game Found in Oman Was For More Than Just Fun
... board games has been unearthed in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. A 2016 Ancient Origins article explains that board ...
ashley cowie - 09/01/2022 - 18:00
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Ancient Chinese Remedy Could Wipe Out Tuberculosis
... is still cooked in the same way today, mostly in northern Iraq and the Levant where people prefer it instead of any ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 30/12/2016 - 00:49
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Lockdown is the New Norm, But All is Not Lost As Virtual Museums Open
... Looting, Thousands of Artifacts are still Missing from Iraq’s National Museum Global Guides Animate the Past in ...
ashley cowie - 25/03/2020 - 17:44
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The Puzzling Death of Sultan Saladin: A 12th Century Medical Mystery Solved?
... Saladin was born to a Kurdish family in Tikrit, modern day Iraq, in 1137 or 1138. He began his rule as sultan of Egypt, ...
Alicia McDermott - 09/05/2018 - 13:59
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Why were the Knights Templar So Interested in Harran?
... was his excavation of the city of Ur in southern Iraq. What he found was spectacular and extensive: huge ...
Lucy Wyatt - 19/11/2019 - 18:26
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Holes Found Carved in Ancient Rock Shelter in Azerbaijan Belong to One of World’s Oldest Games
... slightly older’. This was uncovered in a site in modern Iraq. The game of Hounds and Jackals ( CC by SA 1.0 ) More ...
Ed Whelan - 16/12/2018 - 19:08
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Was Prayer to the Ancient Solar Gods enough to Change the Renowned Irish Weather?
... curves from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt) and ...
lizleafloor - 20/04/2018 - 19:02