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  1. Libyan Civilians Take Up Arms and Form Protective Shield Around Ancient Ruins of Leptis Magna

    ... State will do in Libya what it has done in Iraq and Syria: defaced and destroyed some of the richest and most ... State will do in Libya what it has done in Iraq and Syria: defaced and destroyed some of the richest and most ... Islamic State will do here as they’ve done in Iraq and Syria—destroy buildings, statues and monuments. They guard ...

    Mark Miller - 29/12/2016 - 14:49

  2. 500-Year-Old Fisherman House and Wealth of Artifacts Discovered in Historic City of Ashkelon

    A building used by fishermen in the Ottoman period, which contained fishing weights and fishhooks, was exposed in an archaeological excavation conducted in Ashkelon

    Excavations in the coastal city of Ashdod, have uncovered buildings that were once used by local inhabitants that were engaged in fishing along the Mediterranean coast during the Ottoman period (16th-20th century C.E.) 

    Sam Bostrom - 23/09/2016 - 03:50

  3. Rock-Cut Tombs in Turkey May be Part of Largest Necropolis in the World

    ... of various powers, including Rome, Asia Minor, Persia, Syria and Armenia over the years. Today’s borders put it in southeast Turkey near the border with Syria. Sanliurfa was formerly known as Edessa. The province ...

    Mark Miller - 14/07/2016 - 00:48

  4. Turtles May Have Been Feasted On as Part of Funeral Rites at Ancient Turkey Site

    During excavations at Kavuşan Höyük, six miles (9.7km) from the modern town of Bismil in Turkey, archaeologists discovered a mysterious burial. Apart from human remains, the grave includes several previously slaughtered and butchered turtles.

    Natalia Klimczak - 01/03/2016 - 14:49

  5. Were the Women of Petra More Important Than the Men?

    ... Tannur. Atargatis, the "Syrian Goddess" (Lucian, De Syria Dea) was a vegetation goddess. ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) The ...

    Sarah P Young - 28/01/2019 - 17:36

  6. Lost Treasure: The Search for the Great Golden Bell of Dhammazedi

    The Great Bell of Dhammazedi is claimed to be the biggest bell in the world. The creation of this bell was ordered by a 15th century king of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom (a state occupying part of modern day Burma / Myanmar) by the name of Dhammazedi.

    dhwty - 14/05/2016 - 14:41

  7. Mummified Body Parts Among Artifacts Now Banned on Facebook

    ... fearing stolen and looted treasures from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. Following a 2019 BBC ... network, fearing stolen and looted treasures from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. Items now censored ... that Roman mosaics had been photographed in situ in Syria, before being hacked out of the ground and put up for ...

    ashley cowie - 29/06/2020 - 16:40

  8. Ereshkigal: The Mighty Mesopotamian Goddess of the Underworld

    “Namtar made his voice heard and spake, addressed his words to Ereshkigal,
    "Send me to Anu your father, and let me arrest the god!
    Let me take him to you, that he may kiss you again!"

    - Excerpt from ‘Nergal and Ereshkigal’

    dhwty - 05/05/2018 - 18:58

  9. Oneiromancy: Dream Predictions in Ancient Mesopotamia

    Oneiromancy is a form of divination in which dreams are interpreted in order to predict the future. This form of divination was practiced in many parts of the world, including the ancient civilizations that were based in the region of Mesopotamia, and it still continues to this day.

    dhwty - 17/03/2020 - 18:40

  10. AI Model Is Solving 4,500-Year-Old Cuneiform Translation Mysteries

    ... is present-day Iraq, as well as parts of Iran, Turkey, Syria and Kuwait, from Mesopotamia grew the Sumerian , ...

    ashley cowie - 21/09/2021 - 14:49

  11. Everything he Touched Turned to Gold: The Myth and Reality of King Midas

    Almost everyone has heard the story of King Midas, the legendary king who turned everything he touched to gold. But how much myth and how much reality is there around this character? Was there really a King Midas? If there was, what do we know about him?

    ancient-origins - 08/10/2015 - 21:42

  12. Evidence of Hannukah Story Found in Razed Hellenistic Fortress

    In the Shephelah region or the Judean foothills of south-central Israel, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Seleucid Hellenistic fortress that was burned by Hasmonean (Judean) conquerors in the year 112 BC, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has revealed.

    Nathan Falde - 18/11/2021 - 00:58

  13. Bronze Age Kaska – The World’s First Guerrillas?

    ... East, stretching across modern-day Anatolia and parts of Syria. The Hittites were also one of the first empires to ... Kaska, were held at bay, and he was able to expand into Syria , making Carchemish a major Hittite center. ... likely to have been to support his military campaigns in Syria, it may have also been to increase the distance from ...

    Caleb Strom - 09/05/2021 - 19:09

  14. Who are the Druze and How Might the Shroud of Turin Relate Them to Jesus Christ?

    ... and communities to the point of almost dissolving. In Syria they act in public like they are Muslims. In Israel, ... of John's head. The Druze visit the shrine of Elijah in Syria regularly and consider it holy due to their knowledge ... they believe in). The Druze visit the shrine of Elijah in Syria. (Jimclassic / CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Finally, reincarnation to ...

    Chadi B Ghaith - 24/03/2019 - 17:47

  15. Did Descendants of Cleopatra VII Survive and Produce the Legendary Queen Zenobia of Palmyra?

    ... But two hundred years later, Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra in Syria (who conquered Egypt in the third century AD) claimed ... Julius Sohaemus, king of Emesa, a prominent city-state in Syria. The family came to international attention through the ...

    Carly Silver - 26/07/2023 - 22:56

  16. Satraps of the Persian Empire – Rebellious Protectors of the Realm

    ... Egypt to deal with the rebellion but died mysteriously in Syria before returning to Persia . This story of the false ... …, encompasses the whole of Phoenicia, Palestinian Syria, and Cyprus.” “The sixth province consisted mainly ...

    dhwty - 21/09/2019 - 21:14

  17. Prisons and Imprisonment in the Ancient World: Punishments Used to Maintain Public Order

    One of the most well-known forms of punishment today is imprisonment. One could argue that for any society to function properly, public order has to be maintained. This is an important function of the state and one of the ways this goal is achieved is through laws. Inevitably, laws have also been broken since they emerged, and punishments have been provided either as a form of retribution or as a deterrent to would-be law-breakers. The history of imprisonment can be traced back all the way to the ancient world.

    dhwty - 25/10/2015 - 13:21

  18. Oldest Recorded Celestial Aurora Event Found in Ancient Chinese Text!

    The oldest known evidence referring to a “celestial aurora event” from a section of the famous Bamboo Annals Chinese text dated to the 10th century BC has been researched by scientists from Nagoya University in Japan, located. The Bamboo Annals are a chronicle of ancient China from the earliest “legendary times” (c. 2400 BC) right up till their composition around 299 BC.

    Sahir - 17/04/2022 - 18:58

  19. The Legend of Prester John and His Lost Kingdom in the East

    ... that he heard this story from Bishop Hugh of Jabala in Syria, who told it to the papal court in Viterbo. Otto’s ...

    dhwty - 09/08/2020 - 14:07

  20. Metropolitan Museum releases thousands of ancient images

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has just announced the release of more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images from its world-renowned collection, according to a news release in Art Daily.  

    aprilholloway - 19/05/2014 - 14:42

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