Cyprus enters the Neolithic age armed with hundreds of years of history. Humans arrive on the island in the Paleolithic period, which...

Šuppiluliuma II is the last King of the Hittites. As every end marks a beginning, Suppiluliuma II is also credited with the first naval...

Ammurapi is the last ruler and king of the Syrian Bronze Age city of Ugarit. He's a contemporary of Hittite King Suppiluliuma II, the...

Anat is a war goddess and deity of the hunt in ancient Ugarit, Ḫanat and Tanis. In the Baal Cycle she's an ally to the God Baal, battling...

The pentagram or Drudenfuß (Drude's Foot) is a protective sign or talisman with the power to repel malevolent magic associated with...

Baal (Ba'al) is a fertility god and storm deity known by 2330 BCE. As Ba'al Hadad, his exploits form the Baal Cycle of texts. In Syria...

Baal (Ba'al) is a Bronze Age Canaanite deity whose worship centers on the Levant and the industrious coastal city of Ugarit, north Syria....

Spelt (Triticum spelta) is the hardy hybrid of a domestic wheat and a type of wild goat-grass (Aegilops taschii). First evidence of...

Emmer wheat (hulled wheat) is one of the first grain crops, along with einkorn wheat. Initially domesticated in the near East, emmer...

Orpiment is a golden orange or yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. Found in volcanic fumaroles, low-temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot...

Terrazzo is among the earliest building techniques of humans, dating to 9500 BCE. Terrazzo is an aggregate of crushed stone with a binder...

Weld (Reseda luteola) is a natural yellow dye and pigment made from a flowering plant of the Resedaceae family. Weld is praised by...