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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Persephone is a goddess of the Land of the Dead and the sprouting of grain and fruit in Greek mythology. In Roman mythology, she is identified with Proserpine. The Return of Persephone by Frederic Leighton
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Those who would like to visit Civita di Bagnoregio should be prepared to walk a lot. The only way to access the Italian hill town of Civita di Bagnoregio is on foot via a pedestrian-only
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The story of how Pandora, out of curiosity, opened a box and unleashed all kinds of misery on our world is a well-known old Greek tale that has been retold in countless versions. Pandora’s Box,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the Old Testament, Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, 4:10 – “and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the largest and most complex pantheons of gods belongs to Egypt. In this pantheon, Hathor is a goddess of heaven and mother, depicted with a cow horn (or cow’s head) and a sun
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Greatly overshadowed by his son, Ramesses II, today hailed as the greatest Pharaoh of all time, Seti I did more for ancient Egypt than most realize. Pharaoh Seti I reigned for only ten or possibly fifteen
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Kanishka Casket (known as the Kanishka reliquary) is a beautiful Buddhist treasure of gilded copper. The relic dates back to the first year of the reign of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, in 127 AD.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Sometimes, when you look for something, fate tends to point you in another direction, and you end up finding something else that is even more interesting. This is what happened with the story you are
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Edzná is an ancient place populated in 400 BC and abandoned c. 1500 AD. It is a Maya archaeological site in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche. Much of what is known about
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Mesopotamia is widely accepted today as the cradle of civilization, and there is scientific evidence that the ancient Sumerians changed the world in many ways. Despite this knowledge, most agree that early Mesopotamia is still
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet is a goddess depicted as a cobra and worshiped in Lower Egypt. Wadjet was represented as a cobra-uraeus. The Uraeus (“rearing cobra”), in the upright form of an Egyptian cobra, symbolized
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Who was the first explorer to visit the Arctic? That is a question one cannot answer quickly. The lack of historical references dealing with early Arctic exploration and difficulties interpreting early maps and accounts of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Edfu temple is one of the most sacred buildings in Egypt. Known today as Idfu, the ancient city of Edfu located in Upper Egypt, located sixty miles south of Luxor owes its importance to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among many ancient weapons, we find their most unusual shapes. One such weapon is the bronze khopesh, a sickle-shaped sword, usually described as a kind of sword-axe, widely used among warriors in the ancient Near
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We have seen countless examples confirming what many long suspected: ancient people were much more advanced than previously thought. Sumerians, Babylonians and the Akkadians were excellent astronomers who regularly watched the skies. People in Mesopotamia
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egyptian mythology, Zep Tepi can be translated as the ‘First Time.’ It was during Zep Tepi Gods established their kingdom on Earth in Egypt and performed their deeds that were later described in
