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 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 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 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 33 min read
Mamu - Sumerian Goddess of Dreams
Mamu (Mamud) is a goddess of dreams in ancient Mesopotamia. Daughter of dawn goddess Aya and sun god Shamash (Utu), she may be called the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 23 min read
Enki (Ea) God of Water & Creation
Enki is an ancient Sumerian primary God worshiped for over three thousand years in Mesopotamia. He's among the first Gods to emerge in...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 15 min read
Bitumen - Tarry Trade in Perfect Pitch
Bitumen, a natural petroleum product, is a common trade route item in the ancient world. The earliest known use of bitumen dates back to...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 14 min read
Sailing - Bronze Age Sails & Sailcloth
Sailing begins in the Sumerian or southern Mesopotamian regions of river deltas and marshes. Boats and rafts at first are made of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 303 min read
Linen, Hemp & Cotton - Fabrics of Ancient Egypt
Linen from the flax plant is the most popular textile in ancient Egypt, used in everyday clothing, bedding and funerary shrouds. Hemp is...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 304 min read
Egyptian Blue - First Synthetic Color
Egyptian Blue is a soft smoky blue hue considered the world's first synthetic color. The original formula to create Egyptian blue pigment...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 293 min read
Aruna, Hittite God of the Sea
Aruna is the God of the Sea worshiped by the Hittites (c. 1600 - 1187 BCE). At their greatest range under King Šuppiluliuma I, the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 294 min read
Isuwa - Bronze Age Hittite Foes
Isuwa is a Bronze Age Hittite kingdom founded by the Hurrians. Also called Išuwa or Ishuwa, it's one of the many states or kingdoms...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 287 min read
Hayasa-Azzi - Hittite Bronze Age Foes
Hayasa-Azzi is a confederation of states in Bronze Age Anatolia from the Pontic regions at the Black Sea to the Armenian highlands....
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 287 min read
Hattusilis III - Great Hittite Kings
The youngest of four sons, Hattusilis (Hattusili) doesn't expect to take the throne. In fact he's not expected to live. Read: Cult of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 274 min read
Purulli: Hittite New Year & Spring Fest
Purulli is a spring festival acquired by the Hittites from the Hatti, previous occupants of the Anatolian lands. It also celebrates the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 274 min read
Hapkis - Hittite & Kaska Hostilities
Hapkis is an ancient vassal kingdom created to contain the unruly Kashka (Kaska, Kaška, Kaskians) of the Pontic Mountains. The range runs...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 263 min read
Tumanna: Ancient Black Sea Kingdom
Tumanna is a northern Anatolian settlement of the ancient world. Embracing the south coast of the Black Sea, in the late Bronze Age...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 254 min read
Pala, Anatolia - Bronze Age Mysteries
Pala is a Bronze Age culture, located in northern Anatolia (Turkey) near the mountainous regions by the Black Sea. In the eastern...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 254 min read
Kamrushepa: Hittite Goddess of Magic
Kamrushepa (Kamrušepa) is a Luwian and Hittite goddess of medicine and magic. She's the wife of Sun God Tiwaz and plays an important role...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 242 min read
Ebony - Precious Wood of Ancients
Ebony is a coveted item of trade for thousands of years, in the ancient world still in demand today. A solid black hardwood, ebony is...
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