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Ushumgallu: Dragon Lion Snake Monster
Ushumgallu (Ušumgallu, Ušumgal) is a lion-dragon horned snake demon in Akkadian mythology. Similar hybrid creatures appear in...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20233 min read
Lagash: Vibrant Bronze Age City State
Lagash (Lagaš) would be a modern wonder in the ancient world, a brilliant hub of trade, commerce and the meeting of minds. Inhabited...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20234 min read
Ishum: Night Watchman & Fire God
The God Ishum is the sukkal or divine attendant of Nergal, Lord of the Underworld, death and disease. Like many deified sukkals, Ishum...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Bizilla - Shining Love Goddess Sukkal
Bizilla (Bizila) is a Mesopotamian goddess sukkal to the great matriarch and Queen of the Gods, Ninlil. Her name Bizilla means she who is...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Soap & Medicine Herb of Ancients
A small innocuous shrub growing in desert regions, green ushtun (Seidlitzia rosmarinus) is used in the ancient world as soap and...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 29, 20235 min read
Taurus Mountains: Bronze Age Bounty
The Taurus Mountains rise from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to overlook the Anatolian plateau and lush highlands above and the...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 28, 20233 min read
Kusarikku - Bull Men of Mesopotamia
Kusarikku has origins in the dark past beyond the beginning of the Bronze Age c. 3300 BCE. A fierce creature, he's depicted as a male...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 28, 20234 min read
Nanaya - Goddess of Erotic Love
Nanaya has widespread worship and popularity in the days of ancient Mesopotamia. As a Goddess of love, erotic love and lust, she's...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Cress, Watercress: Natural Health of Ancients
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) grows in the fresh water of Asia and Europe. With hollow stems it floats and is easily gathered from...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20233 min read
Mountain Gazelle: Wild Ancient World
The little mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) is also called the Palestinian or true gazelle. Both males and females have horns, which...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20235 min read
Lisin - Medicine Goddess of Ancients
Her mother is a mountain goddess, her father a demon god. The only female prodigy of the family, she later evolves into a male fire god....
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 26, 20234 min read
Shulpae (Šulpae): Demon Warrior God
Shulpae (Šulpae) is a Mesopotamian god who's also a demon. His wife is the eternal Ninhursag, the mother mountain goddess. Her major cult...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 25, 20235 min read
Disease Demons & Doctors: Ancient Mesopotamia
Incense burns smoky over hot coals. Voices rise in prayers, incantations and songs. Noise, wailing, howling, clapping, stamping, bells,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 24, 20234 min read
Ninhursag - Great Mountain Mother
A mother goddess of ancient Mesopotamia, Ninhursag is one of the original seven dieties or 'those who decree', called the Anunnaki. She...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 24, 20233 min read
Caspian Tiger: Bronze Age Wild Predators
The Eurasian Tiger or Caspian Tiger, a Panthera tigris tigris subspecies, roamed Turkey, Afghanistan, parts of Iraq, Caspian regions such...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 23, 20235 min read
Figs - Food of the Ancient World
The earliest agriculture begins with a fig (Ficus carica). Fig trees are the first known domesticated plants. In the ancient near East,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20234 min read
Nanshe - Nature Goddess of Dreams
Nanshe is an active goddess in old Mesopotamia. Deity of sea water, fresh water, marshes and the animals of these environments, she also...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20235 min read
Girsu (Tello): Ancient Sumerian City
Girsu (Sumerian Ĝirsu) is a busy city of ancient Sumer, Mesopotamia, beginning c. 5300 BCE. Today, it's called Tell Telloh in Iraq. Tello...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20234 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 21, 20234 min read
Gibil - Fire God of Mesopotamia
Gibil, also called Girra in Akkadian, is the Mesopotamian Fire God. He's associated with both the positive, nurturing, benevolent aspect...
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