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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

Archaeology & Science

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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

Archaeology & Science

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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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Jonah and the Whale by Pieter Lastman, (1621) (Public Domain) — 19 Nov 2021

How Jonah Was Swallowed By The Celestial Sea Serpent Cetus

By John McHugh

Mythology & Mystery

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The Old Testament saga of Jonah and his dreadful, three day and night confinement within the “belly of a whale” and disgorgement onto the shore remains one of the Bible’s most enthralling mysteries. The delight this story’s iconic scenes...
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Jonah and the Whale by Pieter Lastman, (1621) (Public Domain) — 19 Nov 2021

How Jonah Was Swallowed By The Celestial Sea Serpent Cetus

By John McHugh

Mythology & Mystery

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The Old Testament saga of Jonah and his dreadful, three day and night confinement within the “belly of a whale” and disgorgement onto the shore remains one of the Bible’s most enthralling mysteries. The delight this story’s iconic scenes...
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The Conquest of the Amorites, as in Numbers 21:25, by James Tissot, before 1903. — 05 Dec 2018

The Amorites: Bronze Age Invaders Who United an Empire

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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Sometime during the third millennium BC, a group of nomadic raiders expanded out of their mountainous homelands in Syria and stormed Mesopotamia. They were known as the Martu or Tidnum to the Sumerians, and the Amar to the Egyptians. These names...
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The Conquest of the Amorites, as in Numbers 21:25, by James Tissot, before 1903. — 05 Dec 2018

The Amorites: Bronze Age Invaders Who United an Empire

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

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Sometime during the third millennium BC, a group of nomadic raiders expanded out of their mountainous homelands in Syria and stormed Mesopotamia. They were known as the Martu or Tidnum to the Sumerians, and the Amar to the Egyptians. These names...
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Alexander the Great trust to physician Phillip by Henryk Siemiradzky (1870) — 13 Apr 2018

Alexander the Great: Bleeding Asia Dry – Part II

By david grant

History & Tradition

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A famous Roman aphorism was used well by Tacitus: “They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal; this they falsely name Empire, and when they create a desert, then they call it peace”. It is a disillusioned speech from a later age which could...
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Alexander the Great trust to physician Phillip by Henryk Siemiradzky (1870) — 13 Apr 2018

Alexander the Great: Bleeding Asia Dry – Part II

By david grant

History & Tradition

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A famous Roman aphorism was used well by Tacitus: “They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal; this they falsely name Empire, and when they create a desert, then they call it peace”. It is a disillusioned speech from a later age which could...
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Coin of Mithridates I of Parthia (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com/CC BY-SA 3.0) and illustration depicting a sacrifice being made on behalf of a family, by the chief priest Conon and two assistants, first century AD. Graeco-Iranian style (Public Domain).;Deriv. — 29 Sep 2017

Mithridates Clashes with Kings and Swallows up Territory: The ‘King of Kings’ of Ancient Iran — Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Mithridates (“The Gift of Mithra) exhibited qualities that most kings rarely have: experience and maturity. He understood that a king could retain his power only as long as the people and nobles were treated fairly.To the benefit of his people,...
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Coin of Mithridates I of Parthia (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com/CC BY-SA 3.0) and illustration depicting a sacrifice being made on behalf of a family, by the chief priest Conon and two assistants, first century AD. Graeco-Iranian style (Public Domain).;Deriv. — 29 Sep 2017

Mithridates Clashes with Kings and Swallows up Territory: The ‘King of Kings’ of Ancient Iran — Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Mithridates (“The Gift of Mithra) exhibited qualities that most kings rarely have: experience and maturity. He understood that a king could retain his power only as long as the people and nobles were treated fairly.To the benefit of his people,...
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Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Gold coins — 15 Feb 2017

Alexander the Great Destroyer: Ancient Revenge or War for Profit? – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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“As Persepolis had exceeded all other cities in prosperity, so in the same measure it now exceeded all others in misery.”Miseries along with poverty, for the people were raped of their land and their self. However, with such great turmoil came...
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Detail of the Alexander Sarcophagus located in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Gold coins — 15 Feb 2017

Alexander the Great Destroyer: Ancient Revenge or War for Profit? – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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“As Persepolis had exceeded all other cities in prosperity, so in the same measure it now exceeded all others in misery.”Miseries along with poverty, for the people were raped of their land and their self. However, with such great turmoil came...
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Hunting the Lions: The Last King of Assyria, and the Death of the Empire – Part II — 14 Dec 2016

Hunting the Lions: The Last King of Assyria, and the Death of the Empire – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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[Read Part I]The Assyrian empire, with the death of King Ashurbanipal, was collapsing under the weight of politics and war. Kingdoms and leaders previously held in Assyria’s great grasp fell upon the vulnerable empire, retaking land and gaining...
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Hunting the Lions: The Last King of Assyria, and the Death of the Empire – Part II — 14 Dec 2016

Hunting the Lions: The Last King of Assyria, and the Death of the Empire – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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[Read Part I]The Assyrian empire, with the death of King Ashurbanipal, was collapsing under the weight of politics and war. Kingdoms and leaders previously held in Assyria’s great grasp fell upon the vulnerable empire, retaking land and gaining...
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The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1 — 21 Oct 2016

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The year is 745 BCE and much of the Middle East is about to be conquered and confiscated by the powerful Assyrian Empire under King Tiglath-pileser III.Tiglath-pileser III, is regarded as the founder of the second Assyrian Empire. Though his...
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The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1 — 21 Oct 2016

The Military Campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III: Priest King and Conqueror – Part 1

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The year is 745 BCE and much of the Middle East is about to be conquered and confiscated by the powerful Assyrian Empire under King Tiglath-pileser III.Tiglath-pileser III, is regarded as the founder of the second Assyrian Empire. Though his...
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Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I — 03 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cyrus the Great or “Cyrus II” was King of Anshan from 559-530 BCE and known as the King of Four Corners of the world and founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus was the son of King Cambyses I of Anshan 580 to 559 BCE and his mother Mandane was...
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Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I — 03 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great: Conquests and Death! – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Cyrus the Great or “Cyrus II” was King of Anshan from 559-530 BCE and known as the King of Four Corners of the world and founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus was the son of King Cambyses I of Anshan 580 to 559 BCE and his mother Mandane was...
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Inset; Bucket/ banduddû from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II, and a four-winged genie in the Bucket and cone motif. — 25 Jul 2016

Banduddu: Solving the Mystery of the Babylonian Container

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

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One of the great riddles in Mesopotamian sacred art concerns the image of anthropomorphic winged figures called Apkallu holding a mullilu (tree fruit) in one hand, and a banduddû — a container — in the other. The purpose of this container is...
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Inset; Bucket/ banduddû from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II, and a four-winged genie in the Bucket and cone motif. — 25 Jul 2016

Banduddu: Solving the Mystery of the Babylonian Container

By Freddy Silva

Archaeology & Science

6

One of the great riddles in Mesopotamian sacred art concerns the image of anthropomorphic winged figures called Apkallu holding a mullilu (tree fruit) in one hand, and a banduddû — a container — in the other. The purpose of this container is...
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