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Sylvia Rose
Mar 3, 20245 min read
Limonite: Ancient Earth Pigments
Limonite is an iron earth mineraloid among the first colors of the Stone Age palette. Grinding limonite produces yellow ochre. Other...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 2, 20243 min read
Enki (Ea) God of Water & Creation
Enki is an ancient Sumerian primary god worshiped for over 3000 years. He's among the first deities to emerge in Sumerian myth. Enki is a...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 28, 20247 min read
Hattusilis III - Great Hittite Kings Bronze Age
Youngest of four sons, Hattusilis (Hattusili) doesn't expect to take the throne. In fact he's not expected to live. Weak and sickly as a...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 28, 20234 min read
Nanaya: Goddess of Erotic Love
Nanaya enjoys widespread renown and popularity in the ancient days of Mesopotamia. As a goddess of love, erotic love and lust, she's...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20235 min read
Kish: Glory Days in Ancient Babylonia
A Mesopotamian urban center, Kish is occupied for thousands of years. At about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Babylon Iraq, Kish is built upon the...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20233 min read
Joyful Arrival of Hapi in Egypt
In ancient Egypt, every year starts anew with the Arrival of Hapi, or the Flooding of the Nile. It's a joyful occasion marked by...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20235 min read
Flooding of the Nile - Nature & Myth
The flooding of the Nile comes at the rise of the Dog Star Sirius . Festivals abound and people create agriculture calendars around it....
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20235 min read
12 Hurrian Primordial Gods & Creatures
The Hurrians establish a kingdom at Urkesh, Mesopotamia, at the end of the Neolithic Era, c. 4000 BCE. It won't be their last. For...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Hurrian Bronze Age Gods & Goddesses
The Hurrians establish the Kingdom of Urkesh c. 4000 BCE, with the creator God Kumarbi as patron deity. Their greatest power arises...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 8, 20233 min read
Kohl: Eye Beauty Magic of Ancients
With spiritual meaning as well as dusky allure, powdered black kohl (kajal, kajol, or tiro) is one of the oldest widespread types of...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 8, 20234 min read
Myrrh - Mystique, Death & Divinity
Myrrh ( Commiphora sp) has a history older than humankind. Deeply connected to death, healing and the divine, myrrh is a smoky, strongly...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 7, 20235 min read
Gods of Ugarit c. 1800 - 1200 BCE
A small kingdom with a big kick, Ugarit has an independent pantheon of Godesses and Gods, central administration, trade routes inland or...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Asherah: Goddess of Childbirth & Fertility
Asherah (Ashera) is one of the most powerful goddesses of the ancient world. She's mentioned in Hebrew texts, in records of Ugarit as...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 21, 20234 min read
Taweret - Hippopotamus Goddess of Egypt
The Hippopotamus Goddess of Egypt is Taweret, a protector deity of pregnant women, childbirth and infants. Her ferocious appearance...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 13, 20235 min read
Puduhepa: Bronze Age Queen of the Hittites
Puduḫepa ( Puduḫepa, Pudu-Kheb ) is one of the greatest women of the ancient world. In the 13th century BCE she rules beside her...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 6, 20234 min read
Bronze Age Ancients - Catacomb Culture
With the favored practice of naming early civilizations after their grave types, here is the Catacomb culture. The progressive and...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 6, 20233 min read
Ancient Cultures: Yamnaya Steppe People
The Yamnaya or Yamna people occupy the Ponti-Caspian Steppe about 3300 BCE, with a tribal origin going back to Neolithic times. In the...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Curse of the Evil Eye & Apotropaic Magic
The concept of the evil eye exists since the beginning of humanity on earth. The curse is cast with a malevolent look or glare. The evil...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Lamashtu, Baby-Eating Demon of Mesopotamia
An ancient Sumerian demon goddess, Lamashtu first appears c. 2900 - 2350 BCE. She attacks infants and pregnant, childbearing or nursing...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Kanesh (Kultepe): Kārum City of Trade
The ancient town of Kültepe (Kultepe, Kanesh, Kaneš), where the earliest writing originates, rises to a prosperous trade city and kārum ...
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