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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 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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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
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John McHugh
Brief biography: John McHugh earned a Master’s degree from Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, USA) with a dual emphasis on Near Eastern and Native American Archaeology (1999). He has extensive excavation and survey experience throughout Syria, Jordan, and the Inter-mountain USA. He possesses a specialty in Near Eastern and Native American archaeoastronomy and American Indian rock art. He has reading knowledge of Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Qur’anic Arabic.
ancient-origins - 08/07/2013 - 01:59
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Ancient Equestrian Tactics Used Against New Foe
Police forces around the world are deploying horses to maintain social control as communities begin to crack under the pressure of social restrictions.
ashley cowie - 04/05/2020 - 22:55
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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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Dall’ India Alla Bibbia
A journey between the Far East and the Near East in search of a forgotten history. What influences and contacts had the oldest India, the Indus civilization, with the Sumerian peoples, the Hittites, the Mitanni and the Jewish people? Analyzing the historical sources, Enrico Baccarini and Andrea Di Lenardo have drawn a line that unites these civilizations and their knowledge, outlining a framework that could rewrite our past.
ancient-origins - 28/09/2019 - 14:47
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The Eden-Atlantis Project
The Eden-Atlantis Project: The Archaeological Site of Eden and Atlantis in the Eastern Mediterranean serves as a proper addition and addendum to both Discovery of Atlantis (Robert Sarmast) and Atlantis - New Revelations (The History Channel). It was written by Commodore Robert Stanley Bates, who has led distinguished careers as an officer in the Coast Guard and as a U.S. Merchant Marine over the period of the last six decades.
pkoutoupis - 01/03/2020 - 23:27
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Elephants to Electronics: The Ancient Phenomenon of Modern Globalization
Many think of globalization as a modern and corporate phenomenon, and it has been readily linked to the spread of coronavirus.
But modern globalization isn’t new. Archaeological research shows it began in antiquity.
ancient-origins - 15/05/2020 - 01:59
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ET Chronicles: What Myth And Legend Have To Say About Human Origin
The E.T. Chronicles is a startling and comprehensive examination of ancient myths and legends that describe extra-terrestrial visitors and their encounters with humanity since the dawn of time. Organized into a chronology that starts with “in the beginning” and ends with the advent of civilization, it brings together myths from many cultures (including the Sumerians, the Greek, the Maya and the Aborigines of Australia) and explores them in the context of current scientific discoveries.
ancient-origins - 01/05/2021 - 17:36