Sylvia Rose
Destiny & Death: Fate in the Ancient World
Fate and destiny are integral concepts common to all cultures. For ancient people including Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Europeans and...
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Sylvia Rose
May 22 min read
Sacred Cave Trapeza (Kronion), Crete
The Sacred Cave Trapeza (Kronion) is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual site on the island of Crete in Greece. During the Minoan era it's...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 298 min read
Honey Bees (Apidae): Nature & Myth
Honey bees create honey, beeswax and folklore. First domestication of the honeybee is c. 7800 BCE, in the Neolithic Age. At this time the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 206 min read
Lake Van: Fate of a Primeval Salt Lake
Lake Van is the largest lake in Turkey. A saline soda lake, it's fed by numerous mountain streams. Van lacks a water outlet, making it...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 197 min read
Mt Nemrut Volcano: Nature & Lore
Mount Nemrut is a dormant volcano in Van province of east Turkey, near Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands. Nemrut is named for the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 15 min read
Cyprus: Prehistoric Humans & Pygmy Hippos
Cyprus enters the Neolithic age armed with hundreds of years of history. Humans arrive on the island in the Paleolithic period, which...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 15 min read
Suppiluliuma II: the Last Hittite King
Šuppiluliuma II is the last King of the Hittites. As every end marks a beginning, Suppiluliuma II is also credited with the first naval...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 315 min read
Ammurapi - The Last King of Ugarit
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 304 min read
Anat - War Goddess of Ancient Ugarit
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 304 min read
Pentagram: Drudenfuß, Five Point Star
The pentagram or Drudenfuß (Drude's Foot) is a protective sign or talisman with the power to repel malevolent magic associated with...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 284 min read
Baal Cycle - Myths of Ba'al Hadad
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...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 275 min read
Baal (Ba'al): Storm God & Love Demon
Baal (Ba'al) is a Bronze Age Canaanite deity whose worship centers on the Levant and the industrious coastal city of Ugarit, north Syria....
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 263 min read
Ib the Heart: Book of the Dead Egypt
Ib ( jb ) is the ancient Egyptian heart, the center of intelligence and existence in a body. It's also called qaib or qa-ib referring to...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 236 min read
Elp: Bronze Age Militant Cattle Culture
The Elp culture spreads through the Netherlands, Northern Germania and just south of the Baltic coast. Bronze and Iron Age cattle people,...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 157 min read
Verdigris: Creation of Coveted Blue Green Pigment
Verdigris is the green rust or patina on copper, created as the metal reacts with oxygen in the environment. Copper corrodes green to...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 144 min read
Spelt Wheat - Bronze Age Grain Crops
Spelt (Triticum spelta) is the hardy hybrid of a domestic wheat and a type of wild goat-grass (Aegilops taschii). First evidence of...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 145 min read
Emmer Wheat - First Domestic Crops
Emmer wheat (hulled wheat) is one of the first grain crops, along with einkorn wheat. Initially domesticated in the near East, emmer...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 135 min read
Orpiment - Painter's Golden Poison
Orpiment is a golden orange or yellow arsenic sulfide mineral. Found in volcanic fumaroles, low-temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 126 min read
Terrazzo Floors & Neolithic Masons
Terrazzo is among the earliest building techniques of humans, dating to 9500 BCE. Terrazzo is an aggregate of crushed stone with a binder...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 124 min read
Lammašaga: Sumerian Angel Goddess
Lammašaga (Lammasaga) is an ancient Sumerian goddess, and sukkal of the medicine goddess Bau. Belonging to a class of guardian deities or...
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