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Mamaconas or nun’s enclosure at Pachacamac ( Caio/ Adobe Stock) — 06 Sep 2023

Revisiting The Oracle Of Pachacamac In Peru

By Dr Richard Marranca

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Since ancient times, ubiquitous to various cultures, humankind has sought to overcome that which they cannot control, such as healing mysterious afflictions and trying to predict the veiled future, by undertaking pilgrimages to consult oracles. ...
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Mamaconas or nun’s enclosure at Pachacamac ( Caio/ Adobe Stock) — 06 Sep 2023

Revisiting The Oracle Of Pachacamac In Peru

By Dr Richard Marranca

Archaeology & Science

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Since ancient times, ubiquitous to various cultures, humankind has sought to overcome that which they cannot control, such as healing mysterious afflictions and trying to predict the veiled future, by undertaking pilgrimages to consult oracles. ...
Read More

AI Illustration of Eridu, close to the Persian Gulf near the mouth of the Euphrates River ( Rick/ Adobe Stock) — 01 Sep 2023

Eridu and Ubaid: Temples of the God Enki and His Consort Ninhursag

By micki pistorius

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Ancient Sumerian mythology tells that Eridu, considered one of the most southern of the settlements close to the Persian Gulf, was inhabited before the flood when, according to the Sumerian King list: “When kingship from heaven was lowered, the...
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AI Illustration of Eridu, close to the Persian Gulf near the mouth of the Euphrates River ( Rick/ Adobe Stock) — 01 Sep 2023

Eridu and Ubaid: Temples of the God Enki and His Consort Ninhursag

By micki pistorius

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Ancient Sumerian mythology tells that Eridu, considered one of the most southern of the settlements close to the Persian Gulf, was inhabited before the flood when, according to the Sumerian King list: “When kingship from heaven was lowered, the...
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Sumerian City with ziggurat Water colour. (AlexaSokol83/ Adobe Stock) — 25 Aug 2023

Larsa: Cult City State Basking Under The Sumerian Sun

By micki pistorius

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The fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur at end of the third millennium echoed over the land of Sumer, between the Tigris and Euphrates in ancient southern Mesopotamia and it opened the landscape for the southern rival city states of Isin and Larsa...
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Sumerian City with ziggurat Water colour. (AlexaSokol83/ Adobe Stock) — 25 Aug 2023

Larsa: Cult City State Basking Under The Sumerian Sun

By micki pistorius

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The fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur at end of the third millennium echoed over the land of Sumer, between the Tigris and Euphrates in ancient southern Mesopotamia and it opened the landscape for the southern rival city states of Isin and Larsa...
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Artist’s impression of ancient Ur on the Euphrates. (anibal / Adobe Stock) — 18 Aug 2023

Mesopotamia’s Ur, A City Of Ziggurat Temples, Royal Tombs And Death Pits

By micki pistorius

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Where the Euphrates River once opened its mouth into the Persian Gulf, on the southern floodplain of Mesopotamia, lies Ur, dating from the Ubaid period, circa (6500 -3800 BC), and host to the Sumerian civilization. During the third millennium BC,...
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Artist’s impression of ancient Ur on the Euphrates. (anibal / Adobe Stock) — 18 Aug 2023

Mesopotamia’s Ur, A City Of Ziggurat Temples, Royal Tombs And Death Pits

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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Where the Euphrates River once opened its mouth into the Persian Gulf, on the southern floodplain of Mesopotamia, lies Ur, dating from the Ubaid period, circa (6500 -3800 BC), and host to the Sumerian civilization. During the third millennium BC,...
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AI generated Alexander with full head of hair. ( Worldillustrator/ Adobe Stock) — 07 Aug 2023

Lysippos, Sculptor Hairdresser Of Alexander The Great

By MartiniF

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Lysippos was known as one of the three best Classical Greek sculptors of the fourth century BC. He, along with sculptors Scopas of Paros and Praxiteles of Athens, were instrumental in ushering in the Hellenistic period's artistic revolution. As a...
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AI generated Alexander with full head of hair. ( Worldillustrator/ Adobe Stock) — 07 Aug 2023

Lysippos, Sculptor Hairdresser Of Alexander The Great

By MartiniF

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Lysippos was known as one of the three best Classical Greek sculptors of the fourth century BC. He, along with sculptors Scopas of Paros and Praxiteles of Athens, were instrumental in ushering in the Hellenistic period's artistic revolution. As a...
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