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Ten of the Biggest and Best Geoglyphs from the Ancient World
... of the Middle East ( clusterflock ) Stretching from Syria to Saudi Arabia, thousands of ancient geoglyphs built ... an estimated 2000 kite structures across the deserts of Syria, Jordan, Southern Israel and Saudi Arabia illustrating ... Eleven big circles dot the landscape across Jordan and Syria. They date back at least 2,000 years, but may even be ...
aprilholloway - 01/04/2022 - 01:57
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The Great City of Uruk Became Sumerian Powerhouse of Technology, Architecture and Culture
... culture has been discovered at sites in areas as far as Syria and southeastern Anatolia. The nature of these ...
dhwty - 25/08/2018 - 21:14
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A Woman’s Best Friend: The Herstory of Dog Domestication
... earliest evidence of dog domestication appeared in Turkey, Syria, and Israel alongside wild grain. Other sites such as ‘Ain Mallaha in Syria revealed the ruins of ancient dwellings and storage ...
B. B. Wagner - 03/10/2020 - 17:46
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‘Harbor’ of Ancient Island City Was Really a Sacred Phoenician Pool
Excavations at the Iron Age Phoenician settlement of Motya have been ongoing for many decades. Located on a Mediterranean island just off the western coast of Sicily, this long-deserted ancient city has yielded an array of impressive artifacts and ruins, including a rectangular inland lake or basin that was previously identified as a man-made harbor.
Nathan Falde - 17/03/2022 - 13:42
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Dikteon Cave: The Legendary Birthplace of Zeus
... Civilization Traces of the Minoan Culture from Egypt to Syria Archaeological evidence has revealed that the Dikteon ...
Bryan Hill - 15/05/2015 - 14:20
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The King of Beasts That Have Witnessed the Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilizations
... 3.0 ) By Natalia Klimczak References: Kevin Butcher, Roman Syria and the Near East, 2003. Nicholas J. Saunders, The two ...
Natalia Klimczak - 17/12/2016 - 00:44
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Petra, Jordan: Gorgeous Rose-Red City and Wonder of the World
... 2,000 sites in total in the areas that today are Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Petra, for example, has been ... made it an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt, and Syria-Phoenicia. Corinthian and Palace tombs at Petra, ...
Joanna Gillan - 27/08/2020 - 21:32
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Researchers Discover Ancient Urartian Castle in Eastern Turkey
A team of archaeologists from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University recently unearthed the remains of a 2,800-year-old castle in eastern Turkey, which was first reported by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, one of the country’s top media outlets.
Nathan Falde - 23/06/2021 - 00:15
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The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: It Started with a Wedding – Part I
Incredibly, the end of the Parthian Empire started with a fake wedding.
Cam Rea - 10/06/2016 - 15:56
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Ancient tablet dedicated to Emperor Hadrian may explain mystery of Jewish revolt
... side where, in times past, a road led to the capital of Syria, Damascus. Although the limestone block may have once ...
aprilholloway - 22/10/2014 - 02:24
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Wheel of Giants: Prehistoric Rujm el-Hiri Puzzles Archaeologists
... Heights (a contested region claimed by both Israel and Syria) are a wheel-like design of enormous piled rocks—an ...
lizleafloor - 20/09/2019 - 00:03
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Kiya - The Most Mysterious Woman of Amarna
The only thing we really know for certain about Kiya is her name, written in the forms kiya, kiw, kia, kaia, and that she was a wife of Akhenaten titled The Great Beloved Wife. Much information about Kiya was lost over time and nowadays information about her is mixed with the biographies of Nefertiti and other women of Amarna, leading to an air of mystery about who Kiya really was.
Natalia Klimczak - 03/01/2016 - 15:03
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The Mythical Lamassu: Impressive Symbols for Mesopotamian Protection
Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions that once protected cities in Mesopotamia. They were believed to be very powerful creatures, and served both as a clear reminder of the king’s ultimate authority and as symbols of protection for all people.
Natalia Klimczak - 16/02/2016 - 03:53
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Mysteries of the Ancient Vedic Empire: Recognizing Vedic Contributions to Other Cultures Around the World
... Egypt, Africa, the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Central Asia, Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, Ireland, ...
ancient-origins - 25/03/2017 - 01:33
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The Lost Legion of Carrhae: Did a Roman Legion End Up in China?
Rome and China are two major civilizations that shaped the cultures within their sphere of influence. They are also cultures that appear to have been mostly isolated from each other. For this reason, any contact between the cultures has fascinated historians ever since Western scholars began to study China and Chinese scholars began to study the West. This includes stories like that of the lost legion of Carrhae, whose members may have ended up in Liqian, China.
Caleb Strom - 19/11/2018 - 18:55
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
... of Palmyra as a leading caravan city on the edge of Roman Syria and consider trade ventures through the Tarim ...
ancient-origins - 19/01/2019 - 02:47
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Eat Like a Mesopotamian: Experts Reconstruct 4000-Year-Old Recipes
... Mesopotamia was located in what is now Iraq, and parts of Syria, Iran, and Turkey, and is often referred to as the ...
Ed Whelan - 18/11/2019 - 14:01
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The Roman Legions: The Organized Military Force Of The Roman Empire
... army were the Roman legions . From Britain and Gaul to Syria and Egypt , the expansion of Rome was built on the ...
Aleksa Vučković - 05/09/2020 - 13:54
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Could You Survive as A Roman Soldier On Hadrian’s Wall? (Video)
... troops drafted from various provinces, including Romania, Syria, and North Africa. Roman soldiers on the wall faced ...
Robbie Mitchell - 18/07/2023 - 01:54
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The Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt (332-14 BC)
... was a powerful Hellenistic state extending from southern Syria in the east, to Cyrene to the west, and south to the ...
Caleb Strom - 24/01/2024 - 21:09