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Practical Joke or Practicing Restraint? The Drinking Vessel That Turned Greedy Guests into Wet Blankets
A 4th century silver Roman bowl may be one of the earliest known examples of a practical joke. It looks like a regular drinking vessel at first, but the unsuspecting wine reveler who was given this object at a party would have received a less than pleasant surprise.
Alicia McDermott - 05/01/2018 - 13:53
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How Climate Change Caused the World’s First Ever Empire To Collapse
... in the deserts of Syria and Iraq . The Rise and Fall of Sumer and Akkad The Powerful Enki: Epic Sumerian, Babylonian, ...
ancient-origins - 11/01/2019 - 01:54
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The Cyrus Cylinder and the ancient proclamation of human rights
... it is written on the cylinder: “the gods of the land of Sumer and Akkad which Nabonidus – to the fury of the lord ...
dhwty - 10/11/2014 - 12:56
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Thinking Critically about Time: A Cyclical View of Knowledge and Civilization
Many people think of time as linear. In other words, human beings begin ignorant, and as the ages progress, they become increasingly more advanced. However, various cultures worldwide perceive time differently. They think it is cyclical: human beings progress, they are wiped out by worldwide disasters such as floods or meteor strikes, and then the survivors begin again. After enough time has gone by, their technological advancements compare to those of previous civilizations. This might seem difficult to believe, but evidence t
Ken Jeremiah - 17/08/2016 - 16:59
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The Legacy of Zecharia Sitchin: The Shifting Paradigm
This book is a tribute to the life and work of Zecharia Sitchin. He was a pioneer who left a great legacy behind regarding our ancient past and the origins of mankind. He taught us to think in new ways based on his breakthrough research and exciting discoveries. Sitchin was one of about 200 people who could translate the first form of writing on the earth - ancient Sumerian cuneiform script.
ancient-origins - 08/04/2016 - 16:47
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Land of the Fallen Star Gods: The Celestial Origins of Ancient Egypt
A radical reinterpretation of Egypt’s ancient origins and its esoteric philosophy
ancient-origins - 02/09/2016 - 16:39
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Evil Archaeology: Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
An investigation into the historical and archaeological evidence of demons, curses, and possession featuring some of the most gruesome artifacts and sites ever discovered
ancient-origins - 19/10/2019 - 16:05
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4,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Boat Near Uruk Rescued
4,000 years ago, a boat sank onto the bed of a channel of the Euphrates River, near the ancient city of Uruk. Now, archaeologists working in modern-day southern Iraq have been forced to conduct an emergency rescue excavation in order to protect its remains.
Cecilia Bogaard - 08/04/2022 - 14:58
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs
... of Ur, which was the capital of the first dynasty Sumer and seat of the moon god Sin or Nanna . The temple at ...
micki pistorius - 27/05/2022 - 21:10
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2,800-Year-Old ‘One of a Kind’ Ivory Object Unearthed At Hattusa
During excavations at Hattusa, capital of the Hittite kingdom during the late Bronze Age, archaeologists discovered a one-of-a-kind object crafted from Hattusa ivory, estimated to be around 2,800 years old. In the 117th year of excavations here, the northwest-facing slope of the Great Fortress area, revealed this significant piece of art, measuring nearly 30 centimeters (1 ft) in length and 10 centimeters in width, crafted from ivory with intricate etchings.
Sahir - 15/11/2023 - 16:53
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world’s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh’s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind’s eternal struggle with the fear of death.
ancient-origins - 20/06/2020 - 18:22
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The Lost Secrets Of The Ancients
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Noah’s Ark to be reconstructed following instructions on ancient Babylonian tablet
Work has begun on a full-scale reproduction of Noah’s Ark according to an ancient manual written on clay tablet dating back 3,700 years. The reconstruction will form the basis of a new television documentary to be aired on Channel 4 in the UK later this year. It will follow attempts to build the ark according to the
aprilholloway - 27/01/2014 - 02:55
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Scientists discover the earliest known evidence of plant cultivation in the Levant
... the growth of larger ‘city-states’ such as Egypt and Sumer. A team of archaeologists, botanists and ecologists ...
Robin Whitlock - 27/07/2015 - 04:04
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Famous and Powerful Eunuchs of the Ancient World
A eunuch is a castrated man who was usually forced to undergo such a procedure without consent. This was done so that the person might perform a specific social role such as harem servant, guardian of women, courtier, religious specialist, royal guard, soldier, or government advisor. The Sumerian city of Lagash from around the 21st century BC provides the earliest records for intentional castration.
valdar - 11/07/2016 - 21:47
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The Forgotten Kingdom of Kerma and Its Incredible Deffufas
... is “comparable to that of the Ziggurat to the people of Sumer.” Archaeological Marvels Unearthed in Sudan Nubia and ...
dhwty - 19/08/2021 - 01:17
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The A to Z of Alphabet Origins and the Most Ancient Written Languages
Writing is traditionally regarded as one of the requirements for a society to be considered as a civilization. Various writing systems have been invented by the great civilizations of the world, one of which is known as alphabetic writing. This type of writing is characterised by a standard set of letters, each of which represent a basic significant sound (known as a phoneme) of the spoken language. Examples of alphabetic writing systems include the Latin alphabet, the Arabic alphabet and the Cyrillic alphabet.
dhwty - 10/04/2017 - 02:00
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Corn, Cotton and Chocolate: How the Maya Changed the World
The Maya were the longest-lived civilization in history. Their civilization began in 2500 BC on a time-line with the ancient Sumerians and terminated in 900 AD during the reign of Charlemagne. Their histories did not converge because the Maya and other world civilizations did not know of each other’s existence. The Maya were the phantoms of history. They were the greatest agronomists in world history. Their cultivars nourished the Maya culture and enabled their rapid growth into a society of profound thinkers.
ancient-origins - 12/09/2020 - 04:13
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Mesopotamian Ghostbusters: The Evil Acts of Assyrian Ghosts and How They Were Vanquished
Assyria, like Mesopotamia in general, has always excited the Western imagination. Assyrian beliefs about the spiritual world are no exception. The Assyrians believed that ghosts could return from the afterlife if not properly buried or if they had suffered a traumatic or unnatural death to haunt, harass, and even possess the living. Elaborate exorcisms had to be performed to expel or drive away the malevolent ghosts.
Caleb Strom - 22/12/2017 - 18:53
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The History of Boxing: Gory Gladiatorial Origins, Back Street Venues, and Big Money
Boxing is the most popular spectator combat sport in the modern world and its champions earn more than most other professional sportsmen. The defining fight of this big money era was the 2015 Mayweather Vs Pacquiao event that earned Mayweather an estimated $120 million and Pacquiao around $80 million, but to understand the history of boxing we must go back not hundreds, but thousands of years in human history, to a much more primal and blood thirstier time.
ashley cowie - 07/11/2018 - 18:41