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Crusader Shipwreck Yields Coins and Other Artifacts from the Final Years of a Holy Land Fortress
... found imported ceramic bowls and jugs from southern Italy, Syria, and Cyprus; corroded pieces of iron, mostly nails, and ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 17/03/2017 - 12:47
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Cappadocia, Enchanted Land of Khepat, Ancient Anatolia’s Mother Goddess
Cappadocia in central Anatolia/Turkey presents an ancient scenery mesmerizing the mind and captivating the imagination, where Khepat, the Mother Goddess, carved a fairy tale landscape against the backdrop of Mount Erciyes, called ‘Harkasos’ during the Hittite era, meaning Gods of Mountains.
micki pistorius - 10/01/2022 - 20:41
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Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs
Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but it was not always so. Around 6200 BC on the banks of the Balikh River in north-western Mesopotamia (now south-east Turkey) a major tributary of the Euphrates River, an agricultural settlement developed, which later evolved into Harran.
micki pistorius - 27/05/2022 - 21:10
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Perseus, The Greek Variant Of Sumerian Gilgamesh
Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek tradition, venerated as a demigod. But is Perseus really of Greek origin or was his legend brought from elsewhere to Greece? According to the Greek father of history Herodotus in his The Histories (6.54), the Persians maintained that “Perseus was an Assyrian who adopted Greek nationality”.
Willem McLoud - 04/12/2023 - 20:38
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BREAKING NEWS: Enormous Monument Over 2,000 Years Old Discovered in Petra
... It was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia, and has been classed as one of the new Seven ... 2,000 sites in total in the areas that today are Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Archaeologists still try to unravel ...
aprilholloway - 10/06/2016 - 02:45
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New Digs Provide Insights into the Median Empire and Capital
The Median Empire and the Medes people are one of the most important in the ancient world. However, relatively little is known about them or their capital city, thought to be Ecbatana. Now, Iranian archaeologists believe they have made discoveries that can throw new light on this mysterious city and the Median Empire that was located in what is now Iran.
Ed Whelan - 02/07/2020 - 23:00
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The Tomb of Khentkaus III: A Cautionary Tale of Climate Change?
... in regions of the Eastern Mediterranean such as Greece, Syria and neighboring areas, but suffered severe crises that ... the Mycenaean kingdoms, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia and Syria, and the New Kingdom of Egypt in Syria and Canaan interrupted trade routes and severely ...
Mark Miller - 02/02/2016 - 22:02
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Only 11 Tribes of Israel? Controversial Findings Reveal Danites Might Not Be Sons of Israel But Sons Of Greece
... hired from ancient Greece (Aegean in specific) and Syria by the Egyptian rulers of Canaan to keep order. In ... of mixed cultural material at Tel Dan, with elements from Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Aegean. We also have dozens of ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 13/12/2016 - 14:51
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Ten Powerful and Fearsome Women of the Ancient World
... she died in 1844. Zenobia, the Warrior Queen of Palmyra, Syria Zenobia was a Palymerene queen, born around 240 AD in ... as far west as Ancyra. She then moved on to conquer Syria, Palestine and Lebanon using a blend of military might ...
Joanna Gillan - 01/08/2018 - 23:04
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Phoenicians: Creating what is now known as the Alphabet
A-B-C-D-E-F-G ... This famous sequence of letters known to much of the world dates back to the 16th century BC. A fairly small group of traders and merchants known as the Phoenicians created the foundation for the modern English alphabet and other alphabets. They organized a system of 22 consonants into what became the alphabet used not only by English speakers, but by speakers of many of the world's languages.
ancient-origins - 13/10/2016 - 03:46
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The Tring Tiles: Medieval Comics of Murder and Miracles in Jesus’ Childhood
... of Thomas. This gospel may have been written in eastern Syria, with the oldest known manuscript dating to the 6th ...
dhwty - 04/01/2019 - 22:41
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Perfumers in Turkey Replicate a 3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume
... routes which connected India and Arabia to Mesopotamia, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Greece and Rome. These ancient ...
Sahir - 21/12/2022 - 00:57
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An Empire in Death: The Extensive Remains of Persepolis
Once the stunning capital of the Persian Empire (also known as the Achaemenid Empire), Persepolis was lost to the world for almost nineteen hundred years, buried in the dirt of southwestern Iran until the 17th century. Founded in 518 BC by Darius I of the Persian Empire, Persepolis (called Parsa by the native Persians) lasted only a mere two hundred years despite the grandeur Darius and his followers abundantly heaped on its construction.
Riley Winters - 24/11/2017 - 23:03
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Analyzing Mummy Genes: Were Ancient Egyptians closely Related to Middle Easterners?
Egypt has been thought of by many as a quintessentially African civilization. There is, however, evidence that the ancient Egyptians may have been less African than modern Egyptians, at least genetically. Recent genetic studies have shown that the people of ancient Egypt had ties to ancient Near Eastern populations such as Armenians.
Caleb Strom - 17/08/2017 - 18:52
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Four Ways to Love: How the Ancient Greeks Used Magic to Fulfil Hopes, Dreams, and Desires
For the ancient Greeks, 'love' was categorized into distinct words, each representing a different kind of infatuation; which is considerably different from our ideas of generalizing all aspects and types of 'love' into a single word. This played a significant role when working with magic spells and amulets, as the intention of the magic would be focused on what kind of love or relationship a person was seeking to obtain or strengthen.
Common Terms for Love
The most commonly used 'love' terms in Greek were:
marinasohma - 03/02/2017 - 13:48
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Charting New Territories: 8 Pioneering Ancient Expeditions That Reshaped the World
... traveled to various parts of the Islamic world, including Syria, Iraq, and Persia. Having visited much of the Muslim ... on expansion. He continued his expeditions through Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia until his Empire stretched from Greece ...
Robbie Mitchell - 31/03/2023 - 18:54
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Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Savior of Egypt in Her Darkest Hour—Part I
The reign of Ramesses III proved to be unprecedented in more ways than one. While most of his predecessors often had to thwart the designs of Egypt’s enemies one at a time, he had to quell invasion attempts by a coalition of savage forces on land and water. As the marauding Sea Peoples set their sights on the grandest prize, Ramesses realized that he had to make a bold statement as Pharaoh and prove that he was God on earth by annihilating their foes.
anand balaji - 13/12/2017 - 15:06
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3,500 Years Ago, Hittites Sacked and Razed an Unwary City
... in the archaeology and history of the ancient Levant (Syria and Palestine) from 3000 to 300 BC and to him this city ... and its territory stretched all the way to northwestern Syria. This discovery, according to reports was made using ...
ashley cowie - 01/09/2019 - 09:14
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Eunus: Slave ‘King’ and Leader of the First Servile War
... in honor of the Seleucid kings who ruled his native Syria. Enna, bronze coin in the name of Antiochos (Eunus). O/ ...
dhwty - 24/08/2021 - 22:47
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The Demon Drummer of Tedworth: Exploring The Truth Behind the Story
As a species, mankind has always been obsessed with things that go bump in the night. Whether it be around a campfire, written down in a book, or shown on the big screen, we’ve been telling each other spooky tales for thousands of years. The 17th century case of the Demon Drummer of Tedworth may be Britain’s earliest recorded ghost story, and many believe it is true.
Robbie Mitchell - 12/06/2022 - 14:41