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AI image of an Akkadian king-god representative of Naram- Sin. Source: Oleksandr/Adobe Stock — 10 May 2024

Naram-Sin - The World’s First God-Emperor

By Willem McLoud

History & Tradition

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During the second half of the third millennium BC the land of Sumer and in fact the entire Mesopotamian region came under the control of the Akkadians, a Semitic people who had lived for centuries among the Sumerians. When the Akkadian Emperors...
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AI image of an Akkadian king-god representative of Naram- Sin. Source: Oleksandr/Adobe Stock — 10 May 2024

Naram-Sin - The World’s First God-Emperor

By Willem McLoud

History & Tradition

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During the second half of the third millennium BC the land of Sumer and in fact the entire Mesopotamian region came under the control of the Akkadians, a Semitic people who had lived for centuries among the Sumerians. When the Akkadian Emperors...
Read More

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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Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre by Giovanni Lanfranco (1624) (Public Domain) — 20 Jan 2023

Sons of God: Sumerian Elite Ruling Sumerian Class Abducting Khabiru Women

By Stephen Martin

Mythology & Mystery

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Translators, theologians, and biblical commentators provide many different theories to explain who the Bible is referring to as “the sons of God,” “the Nephilim,” “the men of renown,” and “the daughters of men,” but archaeology from...
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Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre by Giovanni Lanfranco (1624) (Public Domain) — 20 Jan 2023

Sons of God: Sumerian Elite Ruling Sumerian Class Abducting Khabiru Women

By Stephen Martin

Mythology & Mystery

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Translators, theologians, and biblical commentators provide many different theories to explain who the Bible is referring to as “the sons of God,” “the Nephilim,” “the men of renown,” and “the daughters of men,” but archaeology from...
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King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi — 08 Aug 2022

King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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Sargon the Great of Akkad (fl. c. 2370-2314) is one of the greatest heroes of ancient Mesopotamian history, the one who founded the Akkadian Empire (c. 2370-2190), the very first world empire. The Akkadian myths and legends reflect the folkloric...
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King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi — 08 Aug 2022

King Sargon Of Akkad As The Second-Coming Dumuzi

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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Sargon the Great of Akkad (fl. c. 2370-2314) is one of the greatest heroes of ancient Mesopotamian history, the one who founded the Akkadian Empire (c. 2370-2190), the very first world empire. The Akkadian myths and legends reflect the folkloric...
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Abraham leaves Haran for Egypt by Francesco Bassano the Younger (1560 – 1592) Rijksmuseum (Public Domain) — 08 Apr 2022

The Sumerian Hypothesis: The Influence Of Sumer On The Primeval History

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The use of Mesopotamian material in the motifs and stories found in Genesis 1–11 (also called the Primeval History) has been of great interest to biblical scholars for many years. Although the Mesopotamian influence on this part of the Genesis...
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Abraham leaves Haran for Egypt by Francesco Bassano the Younger (1560 – 1592) Rijksmuseum (Public Domain) — 08 Apr 2022

The Sumerian Hypothesis: The Influence Of Sumer On The Primeval History

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The use of Mesopotamian material in the motifs and stories found in Genesis 1–11 (also called the Primeval History) has been of great interest to biblical scholars for many years. Although the Mesopotamian influence on this part of the Genesis...
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Were All The Nephilim Giants Or Men Of Renown? — 16 Feb 2022

Were All The Nephilim Giants Or Men Of Renown?

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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It is often assumed that the biblical ‘Nephilim’ were all Giants. The Nephilim, however, entail much more and can be traced back to a much richer tradition found in ancient Mesopotamia about the Scions of the Gods, with the Giants only having...
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Were All The Nephilim Giants Or Men Of Renown? — 16 Feb 2022

Were All The Nephilim Giants Or Men Of Renown?

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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It is often assumed that the biblical ‘Nephilim’ were all Giants. The Nephilim, however, entail much more and can be traced back to a much richer tradition found in ancient Mesopotamia about the Scions of the Gods, with the Giants only having...
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Sumerian Tree of Life — 03 May 2021

Sumerian Etana Translated As Biblical Enoch

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The Biblical Enoch corresponds to a remarkable degree with the figure of Etana in Sumerian tradition. It seems reasonable to assume that they belong to the same original tradition handed down in the stories about Enoch and those about Etana,...
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Sumerian Tree of Life — 03 May 2021

Sumerian Etana Translated As Biblical Enoch

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The Biblical Enoch corresponds to a remarkable degree with the figure of Etana in Sumerian tradition. It seems reasonable to assume that they belong to the same original tradition handed down in the stories about Enoch and those about Etana,...
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Sculpted scene depicting Gilgamesh wrestling with animals. From the Shara temple at Tell Agrab, Diyala Region, Iraq. Early Dynastic period, 2600–2370 BC. On display at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 13 Jan 2021

Mighty Gilgamesh: Archetype Of The Nephilim

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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Gilgamesh is one of the greatest heroes of the ancient Middle Eastern world. The epic named after him has become one of the greatest literary works of all ages. There is, however, one aspect of Gilgamesh that most people do not know about....
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Sculpted scene depicting Gilgamesh wrestling with animals. From the Shara temple at Tell Agrab, Diyala Region, Iraq. Early Dynastic period, 2600–2370 BC. On display at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin/ CC BY-SA 4.0) — 13 Jan 2021

Mighty Gilgamesh: Archetype Of The Nephilim

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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Gilgamesh is one of the greatest heroes of the ancient Middle Eastern world. The epic named after him has become one of the greatest literary works of all ages. There is, however, one aspect of Gilgamesh that most people do not know about....
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The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II — 08 Mar 2017

The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The city of Lagash was located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of the city Uruk. Lagash was a fertile area, with irrigation canals feeding its crops via the Shatt al-Gharraf channel that filtered in water from...
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The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II — 08 Mar 2017

The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The city of Lagash was located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of the city Uruk. Lagash was a fertile area, with irrigation canals feeding its crops via the Shatt al-Gharraf channel that filtered in water from...
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Statue of Gudea, prince of Lagash (long after King Eannatum) neo-Sumerian period, 2120 BC (Public Domain) and a fragment of the Stele of the Vultures (CC BY-SA 3.0);Deriv. — 06 Mar 2017

King Destroys Those on his Hit List, One by One – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, lies a land known as Mesopotamia. It was here that men found suitable land, which they pierced, ripped, and seeded. Once the seeds took root, civilization was born. Lagash, like other city-states of its...
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Statue of Gudea, prince of Lagash (long after King Eannatum) neo-Sumerian period, 2120 BC (Public Domain) and a fragment of the Stele of the Vultures (CC BY-SA 3.0);Deriv. — 06 Mar 2017

King Destroys Those on his Hit List, One by One – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, lies a land known as Mesopotamia. It was here that men found suitable land, which they pierced, ripped, and seeded. Once the seeds took root, civilization was born. Lagash, like other city-states of its...
Read More

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