being one of the first of many alcoholic beverages created when man began settling down and growing grain. Experts speculate that people mastered making beer more than 12,000 years ago. Substantial evidence of the craft traces back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, now modern-day Iraq, …Read ...
Syriac culture, shaped by the parameters of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia, has been uniquely changed in terms of style and content by passing through a new understandingContinue reading→ “Evil is whatever distracts. (…) What if the satanic hunting party drives me straight into the Good...
Yes, the mountain is currently named Ararat, and the Bible says the ark came to rest "in the mountains of RRT". RRT has been translated as Ararat or Urartu, which was an ancient kingdom in the mountains of North Mesopotamia. For reasons I will explain below, the current Mount Ararat is...
1st bioengineered hybrid animals discovered - in ancient MesopotamiaLive Science - January 14, 2022 Mesopotamians were using hybrids of domesticated donkeys and wild asses to pull their war wagons 4,500 years ago at least 500 years before horses were bred for the purpose, a new study reveals. ...
A complete prehistoric pottery factory and a copper figure of Rim-Sin, a Sumerian king who lived about 1900 B.C., were also uncovered. As a result of the recent discoveries Mr. Woolley believes the expedition is able to trace the chronology of Southern Mesopotamia from the time of man's ...
Ceramic tiles are a decorative form almost as old as time—originating in ancient Mesopotamia, where they were first used around 4,000 years ago. Today, they serve as a global motif, both ascetic and pictorial, available in a panoply of colors and textures. Formed from the elemental process...
This ancient cylinder seal, currently housed at the Louvre Museum portrays sauropod like creatures as well as giant “birds” or pterosaurs. The seal is from Mesopotamia, approximately 3300 B.C. (Moortgart, Anton, The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia, 1969, plate 292., presumably seen by the arti...
This article makes me think about ancient history and how people traded. Photo by Axel Share this: Facebook Email More Loading... Tags: News Articles, Video Comments Leave a Comment Categories India, News & Features If I Were President… 8 Nov Congratulations to Jinwon and Hyweon, ...
Just imagine that the first primitive sight of gambling was already found in the Paleolithic period, when in Mesopotamia the oldest dice was found. Of course we can’t compare that kind of “gambling” to the modern one, but it is very important to remember and understand that it didn’t...
The Changes of Women’s Social Status Through Mesopotamia Myth Wenzhao Qi Ishtar is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, war, and sex. As a female deity, she is neither an obedient wife nor a devoted mother, but an aggressive dominator and controller. Her persona, functions, and tra...