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  1. The Age-Old Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell

    It was 1836 when William Celenso, a Christian missionary from Cornwall in England, first stumbled upon the mysterious Tamil Bell in a remote Maori village in New Zealand. It was being used as a cooking pot by some of the local people, who told the fluent Maori speaker that it had been found under the roots of a large tree, swept up from the ground by a storm many years prior.

    Jake Leigh-Howarth - 13/03/2022 - 13:59

  2. Pinpointing The Celestial Garden Of Eden By Hallowed Heavenly Writing

    The historical existence of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:4-3:24) remains a mystery. The Hebrew text depicts the Judaic Deity, Adam, Eve, and the villainous Serpent interacting within an intimate setting—Adam and Eve hearing God’s footsteps as he strolled through the Garden, then hiding from his sight, the Deity’s multiple conversations with the first man and woman, and the Serpent’s face-to-face dialogue with Eve. Yet the notion of imminent proximity is contradicted by geographical data in the same passage.

    John McHugh - 04/01/2021 - 21:09

  3. Lost Star of Myth and Time: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations

    ... was the same: a very long period of decline. Starting with Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon, virtually all the cities along the ... dark age period of man’s history. The Rise and Fall of Sumer and Akkad Art Relics Shed Light on Mysterious Ancient ...

    Walter Cruttenden - 26/08/2018 - 13:53

  4. The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1

    The year is 745 BCE and much of the Middle East is about to be conquered and confiscated by the powerful Assyrian Empire under King Tiglath-pileser III.

    Tiglath-Pileser III: stela from the walls of his palace.

    Cam Rea - 22/10/2016 - 01:28

  5. The Persian War Machine: The Immortals – Part II

    The Persian war machine made empires beforehand look miniature. The Persians were able to take the best from all over the Near East and turn it into a force that could not be defeated for many centuries to come.

    Cam Rea - 15/10/2016 - 02:08

  6. Catering to Trade: Hospitality in the Ancient Iranian Site of Godin Tepe

    Once a lively outpost on the early Mesopotamian trade route, Godin Tepe now sits in ruins in Iran. Controversial archaeological excavations in the 1960s and 70s highlighted some of the rich cultural elements of this ancient site. Evidence of beer and wine-making, along with a well-fortified settlement, suggest that weary traders would have found Godin Tepe a pleasant place to rest their heads while on long journeys with their wares.

    dhwty - 24/12/2016 - 00:47

  7. Christkind: How Does this Christmas Gift-Bringer Differ from Santa Claus?

    Christkind is a Christmas gift-bringer in certain European countries. Like its more famous counterpart, Santa Claus, Christkind is said to leave presents for children under the Christmas tree on the night of Christmas Eve.

    dhwty - 24/12/2021 - 00:48

  8. Rice Goddesses - Earth Mothers who Influenced Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld

    ... in order that new life could arise out of his death. In Sumer and Egypt, this primordial agricultural myth was told ...

    MartiniF - 18/12/2017 - 15:27

  9. Venus: Eroticized Goddess of Love, Fertility, Agriculture… and Infidelity?

    According to Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess most famously associated with love, beauty, and fertility. Less commonly known, however, is that Venus was also worshipped as the goddess of cultivated fields and gardens. In fact, this was her original role, before the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

    dhwty - 27/07/2021 - 14:43

  10. The awesome, terrible, and unknowable creator gods through history

    ... mother ancestress who gave birth to all the gods. Enki of Sumer impregnated the lovely Ninhursag, who was the mother of ...

    Mark Miller - 02/01/2015 - 12:09

  11. Justice, Myths, and Biblical Evidence: The Wealth of Information Held in the Ebla Clay Tablets

    The Ebla clay tablets have provided researchers with a wealth of information regarding cultural practices and myths, judicial affairs, ancient languages, business, and foreign and domestic policies from the ancient city of Ebla between 2500 BC and the destruction of the site in 2250 BC. Moreover, these clay tablets provide some key evidence for controversial biblical accounts.

    marinasohma - 08/01/2017 - 00:55

  12. Archaeologists discover a prehistoric brewery in China dating back 5,000 years

    New research has revealed that prehistoric people of China were beer drinkers. Tests have just confirmed residue on vessels that indicate the presence of beer 5,000 years ago in Shaanxi Province in northern China, making it the earliest known beer brewing operation in China.

    In 2004, researchers found indications of an alcoholic concoction made from honey, some type of fruit and rice that dated back at least 8,600 years.

    Mark Miller - 25/05/2016 - 21:40

  13. The Maykop: Lost Bronze Age Culture of the Exotic Caucasus Region

    In 1897, Professor Nikolay Veselovsky, a Russian archaeologist and orientalist, specializing in the history and archaeology of Central Asia, uncovered one of the greatest archaeological finds of recent history in a small North-Western Caucuses town called Maykop. The Maykop Mound, or Chieftain’s Grave, contained countless ancient riches and spoils from a previously unheard-of Bronze Age civilization.

    Jake Leigh-Howarth - 22/03/2022 - 13:59

  14. The Lost Heirloom Seal of China's First Emperor

    The Heirloom Seal of the Realm (known also as the Heirloom Seal of the First Emperor, or the Imperial Seal of China) is a Chinese artifact that is now lost. This artifact was a jade seal created by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, and was subsequently inherited by later Chinese emperors. Before the end of the first millennium AD, however, the Heirloom Seal of the Realm disappears from the historical records.

    dhwty - 24/11/2019 - 14:14

  15. Sex, Scandal, and Allure: The Erotic Art of Shun-ga from Edo to Early Modern Japan

    In the year 1770, within a large village house by the bustling city of Edo, Japan (modern day Tokyo City), a large collective of apprentices studied under their teacher, Utagawa Toyoharu, in observation of his mastery of the Ukiyo-e style. Though these young artists were expected to master it, they used it to create something else far more provocative. At a point in their future professional careers, they were all commissioned to create shun-ga.

    B. B. Wagner - 21/07/2019 - 22:08

  16. 11 of the Most Ancient and Continually Occupied Cities in the World

    Time travel is one of the most intriguing scenarios humans have ever fantasized about, but unfortunately for those curious minds and wild dreamers out there, many modern physicists claim that outside of science fiction, time travel is impossible. However, we have some good news for fans of antiquity who wish they could have visited all the great places of the past.

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 31/01/2018 - 14:02

  17. The Gutian Invasion: What Really Caused the Fall of the Akkadian Empire?

    The Akkadian Empire, one of the first great empires in human history, thrived in ancient Mesopotamia under the rule of Sargon of Akkad. However, its reign eventually came to an end. For decades, scholars have debated the role played by the Gutian invasion in its downfall. We know that around the 22nd century BC, the Gutians successfully invaded the Akkadian Empire, toppling the last Akkadian king. But were the Gutians solely responsible for the fall of Akkad or were other factors at play?

    Robbie Mitchell - 03/08/2023 - 22:55

  18. The Persian War Machine: Organization and Command – Part I

    The Persian war machine made empires beforehand look miniature. The Persians were able to take the best from all over the Near East and turn it into a force that could not be defeated for many centuries to come. The article you are about to read just skims the surface of a fascinating story that largely goes unnoticed. 

    Cam Rea - 12/10/2016 - 16:59

  19. The Chinese May have Been First to Use Synthetic Skin-whitening Cosmetics

    A new study suggests that the Chinese may have been the first to use synthetic skin-whitening makeup and were making it before the Greeks and Romans. Bronze jars excavated from an elite tomb in Liangdaicun in northwest China’s Shanxi province were found to contain a white residue that on examination proved to be synthetic lead white makeup. The tomb dated to the early Spring and Autumn period (770 BC-476 BC).

    Sahir - 07/09/2022 - 14:53

  20. The Alien Agenda: Myth, Underground Bases & Extraterrestrials

    Deep in north central New Mexico is the sleepy little town of Dulce. Located on the Archuleta Mesa on the Colorado - New Mexico border, Dulce is home to about 3,000 residents and is the headquarters of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. For as small and insignificant as this remote location may sound, since the 1980s Dulce has been the center of a controversy regarding the so-called alien agenda, rumors of underground tunnels and related conspiracy theories.

    Rita Louise - 09/12/2021 - 00:58

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