Sylvia Rose
Istustaya & Papaya - Dyad of Destiny
Istustaya and Papaya are ancient Hittite goddesses responsible for the fates of mortals. They're said to appear at a birth to oversee the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 225 min read
Castor Oil, Wigs & Death in Ancient Egypt
Castor oil is common in ancient Egypt. It's the preferred lamp oil. A revitalizing skin ointment, castor oil is also a constituent in...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 214 min read
Wandering Womb - Ancient Medicine
Wandering womb or wandering uterus is a term used to describe a source of female illness, thought to be caused by a displaced womb moving...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 219 min read
Semen - Life & Death in the Ancient World
Semen in the ancient world is seen from a creative force to an unclean toxin. In early anatomical thinking the semen is stored in the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 184 min read
Khella - Ancient Health & Herbology
Khella plants (Ammi visnaga) are flowering herbs of the carrot family, related to Queen Anne's lace and poison hemlock. Native to parts...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 167 min read
Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Ebers Papyrus
The Ebers Papyrus is one of the most informative manuscripts about medicine in ancient Egypt, health, disease, remedies, surgery, recipes...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 156 min read
Thoth - Ibis Scribe Moon God of Egypt
Thoth is among the most ancient of Egyptian deities. God of wisdom, knowledge, scribes, magic and the moon, he's considered the inventor...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 144 min read
Steatite (Soapstone) - Ancient World
Steatite or soapstone is a metamorphic talc rock used in carving for thousands of years. A medium-grained rock, or schist, soapstone is a...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 145 min read
Sistrum (Sistra) Music: Ancient Egypt
Sistrum (pl sistra) is a ritual music rattle used in ceremony and celebration. Beloved Royal Wife Nefertari of Egypt in the 13th century...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 135 min read
Music of Ancient & Medieval Egypt
Singing, clapping, dancing and shouting are forms of musical expression used by most early people. From Neolithic Egypt, whistles are...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 127 min read
Scribes & Writing - Ancient Egypt
Scribes assume positions of importance and influence in the ancient world. Many speak several languages and are skilled in such diverse...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 114 min read
Tooth Worms of Ancient Mesopotamia
The nefarious Tooth Worm lives in the teeth and causes toothache by chewing the gums or the inside of a tooth. This evil worm and its kin...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 116 min read
Proto Writing: Signs of the Times
Proto Writing is a primal link in the development of literacy. Evidence of proto-writing goes back to c. 7000 BCE in Neolithic China....
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 117 min read
Scribes & Writing - Ancient Mesopotamia
Development of writing, scribes (dubsars) and scribe schools (edubas) work together to alter the Ancient World in much the same way as...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 105 min read
Scribes & Writing: Ancient Beginnings
Scribes (dubsars) appear shortly after the advent of writing c. 3400 BCE in Sumer. Writing develops as a way to keep trade and commerce...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 95 min read
Garnets - Gemstones of Blood and Life
Garnet is a coveted gemstone since the Bronze Age (c. 3300 BCE). Trade brings this enchanting creation to Egypt, Mesopotamia and other...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 99 min read
Eridu - City of Ancient Gods Mesopotamia
Eridu is among the earliest cities in Mesopotamia, and the first urban center in the south land of Sumer. The seat of ancient gods, Eridu...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 87 min read
Architect Gods & Building in Mesopotamia
Mushdamma (Mushdam, Mušdam(m)a or Mušdam) is the Divine Architect of the Mesopotamian ancient world. His epithet šidim gal den-líl-lá-ke4...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 74 min read
Kulla - God of Bricks & Building
Kulla is a Mesopotamian god of bricks and building. Patron of masons and masonry, he's watches over the brickmaking and building process....
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 73 min read
Cylinder Seals of the Ancient World
Cylinder seals have been used for thousands of years. First evidence comes from the Neolithic period in Syria. The cylinder seal is...
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