Sylvia Rose
Lukka: Bronze Age Warrior Sea People
The Bronze Age Lukka (Lugga) people occupy part of the glimmering Turquoise Coast in southern Turkey by the 3rd millennium BCE. Tribal...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 155 min read
Amurru - God of the Amorites
The Amorite god Amurru (Akkadian) or Martu (Sumerian) is revered since the third millennium BCE. Strong centers of worship in Babylon and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 155 min read
Amurru: Amorite Bronze Age Kingdom
Amurru is both a kingdom and a god. In c. 2000 BCE, the Amorite kingdom occupies the northern part of the ancient Levant coast. To the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 142 min read
Urash (Uraš) Primal Queen of the Gods
Urash (Uraš) is the wife of Anu, the oldest god. A personification of the Earth, she is Yin to the Yang Sky God. Although Anu has other...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 146 min read
Uluburun - Bronze Age Shipwreck
The Uluburun shipwreck is among the amazing discoveries from the Bronze Age. Near Uluburun (Grand Cape) in Mediterranean Anatolia...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 133 min read
Cilicia (Kazziwatna) - Bounty & Booty
Cilicia (Kazziwatna) in today's southern Turkey is a busy place in the ancient Bronze Age. The land is bountiful, the climate sublime,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 133 min read
Saffron - Most Precious Ancient Spice
Saffron is the most precious spice of the ancient world. It comes from the bright red stigma and stiles, or threads, of the saffron...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 123 min read
Byblos Vibrant Port City: the Egyptians
In 1938 BCE, the ancient port city of Byblos in the Levant is once more commandeered by the Egyptians. The region is an Egyptian ally...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 123 min read
Ninkarrak: Ancient Medicine Goddess
A divine physician, Ninkarrak is known as a healer as well as a protective goddess inflicting disease upon the enemies of her patron...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 123 min read
Erra - Plague Demon of Mesopotamia
Erra (Irra) is a powerful plague demon, bringing sickness, blight, mental chaos and political confusion. Mortal pain, suffering, madness,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 113 min read
Epic of Erra - Plague God of Babylon
Erra (Irra) is an Akkadian plague god dating back to the time of Sargon the Great in the c. 2400 BCE. Erra holds court for centuries....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 113 min read
Enuma Elish: Marduk & the Chaos Monsters
In the Enuma Elish Babylonian Creation Myth, Tiamat is furious by the betrayal of her offspring. Her children the Old Gods goad her to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 113 min read
Ugallu - Lion Headed Storm Demon
Ugallu means big weather beast or big storm. In ancient Mesopotamia Ugallu is a masculine entity with deific and demonic connections. He...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 104 min read
Anubis: Jackal-Headed God of Egypt
Anubis manifests with the body of a man and head of a jackal, a wild canine common to Egypt and the near East. He can also be all animal....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 104 min read
Byblos, Vibrant Port City - Bronze Age
A fascinating center of commerce in the Bronze Age, Byblos has been sporadically inhabited since c. 8800 BCE and continuously since 5000...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 103 min read
Sherden Sea Peoples in Ancient Egypt
While the mysterious Sea Peoples ransack the Mediterranean c. 1200, they give little sign of their identity and seem to appear out of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 104 min read
Salt Trade - the Most Precious Mineral
Salt is an essential mineral of life. In food it stimulates taste and is among the oldest preservation methods. Part of the human taste...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 94 min read
Eileithyia: Birth Goddess of Ancient Greece
Eileithyia (Ilithyia) is an ancient Greek goddess of birth, the process of childbirth and midwifery. She can be one goddess, or several....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 95 min read
Terramare Culture - Bronze Age Italy
The Terramare (Terramara) culture of Bronze Age Italy develops in the fertile black earth of the Po Valley c. 1700 - 1150 BCE. The term...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 83 min read
Potnia: Mystery Goddess of Ancient Greece
Found as far back as the early Proto-Indo-European language c 4500 - 2500 BCE, the name Potnia has been interpreted as a Goddess, a group...
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