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Origins of the Mysterious Minoans Unraveled by Scientists
... come from? Some have speculated variously on North Africa, Syria, Palestine or the Balkans. Research a few years ago ...
Mark Miller - 30/10/2015 - 20:49
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The Legend of How Mansa Abu Bakr II of Mali Gave up the Throne to Explore the Atlantic Ocean
Mansa (meaning king, emperor or sultan) Abu Bakr II was a 14th century ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa. This period of time, i.e. the 14th century, was a time when the Mali Empire had reached its pinnacle.
The wealth of the Mali Empire can be seen in the famous pilgrimage of Mansa Musa (Abu Bakr II’s immediate successor) to Mecca. According to Arab historians, this ruler spent so much gold during his pilgrimage that the “rate of the gold dinar fell by six [silver] dirhams”.
dhwty - 21/02/2016 - 21:49
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Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals the ‘Mythical’ Heritage of Modern Greeks
... History? Traces of the Minoan Civilization from Egypt to Syria The detail of the Potnia Theron belongs to the largest ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 04/08/2017 - 13:58
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Frankincense: An Ancient Wonder Cure on the Verge of Extinction
Frankincense is famous for being one of the three gifts presented by the Magi to baby Jesus (the other two being gold and myrrh). Several thousand years ago, people knew how to use frankincense to cure several ailments. The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians are also believed to have burned frankincense during their religious ceremonies, and Hatshepsut’s famous reliefs depicting the ‘Expedition to Punt’ show not only frankincense, but also the trees themselves being brought back to Egypt.
dhwty - 16/12/2020 - 18:01
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The Famous Burney Relief: Who Was the Mysterious Mesopotamian Goddess?
The Burney Relief (known also as the Queen of the Night) is a terracotta plaque from ancient Mesopotamia.
dhwty - 05/05/2019 - 18:55
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Magnetic Fields Reveal the Truth Behind Biblical Battle Narratives
Biblical accounts of ancient military campaigns against the kingdoms of Judah and Israel have been confirmed by archaeologists in a very interesting new study. By recording geomagnetic fields in 21 archaeological destruction layers at 17 different archaeological sites, Israeli researchers have verified accounts in the Hebrew Bible of the Egyptian, Aramean, Assyrian and Babylonian military campaigns during the 10th-6th centuries BC.
Sahir - 27/10/2022 - 18:52
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High Status Brothers Had Access to Cranial Surgery in Bronze Age Israel
... Via Maris, an important land route that connected Egypt , Syria, Mesopotamia , and Anatolia . As a result, the city had ...
Sahir - 23/02/2023 - 14:59
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15 of History’s Most Advanced Ancient Civilizations (Video)
Over the course of our species' relatively short existence, a myriad of awe-inspiring civilizations have risen to great heights, only to crumble into the annals of history.
Robbie Mitchell - 25/03/2023 - 00:00
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The Captivating Story of Sinuhe: A Powerful Glimpse into Ancient Egypt
... to the foreign lands of Upper Retjenu, now modern-day Syria and Lebanon. As he settles among the inhabitants of ...
Lex Leigh - 07/05/2023 - 19:06
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Egypt’s Famous Female Pharaohs And Not-So-Famous Female Rulers Resurrected
... Mediterranean Sea in the north to the limits of Palestine-Syria in the east and ancient Nubia, modern-day Sudan, in the ...
Andrew Collins - 07/06/2023 - 21:34
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Massive statue of Pharaoh Taharqa discovered deep in Sudan
When you think of statues of Pharaohs your mind goes directly to Egypt. However, a few hundred years before Christ, the Egyptian empire stretched to many other countries including Nubia, which is today located in Sudan, south of Egypt.
johnblack - 18/06/2013 - 14:10
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The 12,000-year-old ancient Mesopotamian town of Hasankeyf set to submerged by new dam
... in south-eastern Turkey, not far from the border with Syria. Scheduled for completion in late 2014, the Ilisu Dam, ...
aprilholloway - 23/02/2014 - 01:19
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The Life and Death of Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great
... II and the Hittites under Muwatalli for the control of Syria. The battle took place in the spring of the 5 th year ...
dhwty - 05/07/2020 - 00:14
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The Legend of Gilgamesh
Myths are traditional stories that address the various ways of living and being. The well-known myth of Gilgamesh has been cited in many sources as one of the first stories in our recorded human history originating from Mesopotamia, Iraq today, though some maintain it was not just a fairytale but was based on some elements of truth. Only a few tablets have survived from the original Sumerian texts dating back to 2000 BC and written in cuneiform language.
ancient-origins - 02/08/2014 - 01:14
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The Strategic Use of Hostages in the Ancient World
... hostages During the military campaign of Thutmose III in Syria during the 15 th century B.C., the Egyptian pharaoh ...
dhwty - 07/07/2015 - 21:56
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Gyotaku: A Unique Japanese Tradition in Which a Fish Becomes a Work of Art
Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese art form that is highly unique, and some may even say bizarre. The word Gyotaku itself is a combination of two separate words – Gyo, which means ‘fish’, and Taku, which means rubbing. As its name indicates, Gyotaku is an art that produces imprints of fish through the method of rubbing.
dhwty - 06/08/2019 - 18:53
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Ruins of Ramses II Temple Unearthed in Giza's Abusir
... a Clash of Titans – Part I Making Peace in Ancient Syria: A Long-Awaited Egyptian–Hittite Peace Treaty View of ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 16/10/2017 - 22:57
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Ur: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Sumerian Capital
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient passages and accounts about Ur written by Babylonian kings and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time only scarcely known to even the most knowledgeable scholars of ancient Mesopotamia: the Sumerians.
ancient-origins - 10/08/2019 - 02:38
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Bahla Fort: Oman’s Incredible Desert Oasis
... oasis and the frankincense trade route that ran to modern Syria and Iraq. The Portuguese conquered Muscat in the ...
Ed Whelan - 26/01/2020 - 01:59
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Excavation of Roman Bath Complex Challenges Lifestyle Beliefs
A rare inscription discovered on an olive press at an ancient Roman bath complex is revealing secrets about rural life in late antiquity.
ashley cowie - 31/10/2020 - 05:02