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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

1

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....
Read More

The Standard of Ur mosaic, from the royal tombs of Ur, is made of red limestone, bitumen, lapis lazuli, and shell. The — 19 Oct 2020

The Legend of Lugalbanda, The First Sumerian Shaman

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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According to the Sumerian King List, Lugalbanda was one of the kings who belonged to the First Dynasty of Uruk in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia. What is particularly striking about Lugalbanda is the way in which he is portrayed as a great shaman in...
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The Standard of Ur mosaic, from the royal tombs of Ur, is made of red limestone, bitumen, lapis lazuli, and shell. The — 19 Oct 2020

The Legend of Lugalbanda, The First Sumerian Shaman

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

0

According to the Sumerian King List, Lugalbanda was one of the kings who belonged to the First Dynasty of Uruk in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia. What is particularly striking about Lugalbanda is the way in which he is portrayed as a great shaman in...
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The Sumerian Pantheon. ( Fredsvenn) — 03 Jun 2020

The Nephilim Tradition From Ancient Sumer

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The oldest literary tradition about great heroic kings claiming to have been scions of the gods dates back to the Sumerian King List in which the First Dynasty of Uruk is described as having been descended from the sun god, Utu. There are, however,...
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The Sumerian Pantheon. ( Fredsvenn) — 03 Jun 2020

The Nephilim Tradition From Ancient Sumer

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

4

The oldest literary tradition about great heroic kings claiming to have been scions of the gods dates back to the Sumerian King List in which the First Dynasty of Uruk is described as having been descended from the sun god, Utu. There are, however,...
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The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer — 08 Apr 2020

The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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According to ancient Mesopotamian tradition, Etana, founder of the first dynasty of Kish, was the very first ruler ever to have ruled as king. Not only did the kings of Kish stand tall in the history of ancient Sumer, the title ‘King of Kish’...
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The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer — 08 Apr 2020

The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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According to ancient Mesopotamian tradition, Etana, founder of the first dynasty of Kish, was the very first ruler ever to have ruled as king. Not only did the kings of Kish stand tall in the history of ancient Sumer, the title ‘King of Kish’...
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Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, dated circa 3300-3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt. (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 27 Nov 2019

The House of Uruk, Greatest of Sumerian Heroes

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

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The greatest of all Sumerian heroes were said to have belonged to the first House of Uruk. For the Sumerians, this House of Uruk was not just another royal house, for them it was one of the greatest Sumerian dynasties ever to have ruled over Sumer,...
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Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, dated circa 3300-3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt. (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 27 Nov 2019

The House of Uruk, Greatest of Sumerian Heroes

By Willem McLoud

Archaeology & Science

0

The greatest of all Sumerian heroes were said to have belonged to the first House of Uruk. For the Sumerians, this House of Uruk was not just another royal house, for them it was one of the greatest Sumerian dynasties ever to have ruled over Sumer,...
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