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Maao said that in the Yazidi story, God rewarded this angel (which they believe was a spirit called Melek Tawûs) for his ...

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Ashty Bahro, who founded the Christian group in 2007, has never received USAID or UN funding. But this would not be a problem ...

Is Christianity a copycat religion?” It is an essential question that critics of Christianity often ask, and rightly so. After ...

AnuZigguratUruk #WarkaIraq #WhiteTemple Explore Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, where one of the cradles of civilization and ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...

Beer was integral to the Sumerian way of life, possessing significance in religion and society, and even demonstrating currency value as experts believe the beverage was also used to pay workers. No ...

On 10.04.2025, Sebastian Fink from the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Innsbruck organized a workshop entitled “New Approaches to the Sumerian ...

Pazuzu Algarad told psychiatrists in 2010 that he practiced a “Sumerian” religion that involved the monthly ritual sacrifice of a small animal, although Forsyth County Sheriff William ...

Between 3,500 and 2,000 B.C.E., the Sumerians are widely credited with developing the first written language and enacting the first written legal code. Their contributions to and achievements in the ...