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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians' Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...
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It's the 'First Material Evidence' of World's First Empire
Archaeologists say they've found "the very first material evidence of the very first empire in the world" in 4,000-year-old ...
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Armageddon and Abrahamic Religions from Past to Future
Most secularists believe that these religious apocalyptic visions of the future are absurd, although many secularists themselves fervently believe that artificial intelligence, run away genetic ...
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Dominant Narratives and the Power of Historical Representation
Adam is depicted with distinctly European features—fair skin, —reflecting the aesthetics and ideals of Renaissance Italy rather than the historical realities of biblical Mesopotamia. Michelangelo, ...
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Taking Seconds on Purim
Queen Esther, who is Jacob’s rose, and purple, Mordecai, are heroes, for they fought our foes: their names will never die! Oh ...
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8 Oldest books that have survived fire, wars and revolutions
8 Rabindranath Tagore Poems to Help Stud... 8 Indian Mythology Books to Open Your Ey ...
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Professing Faith: The legend of dragons
One finds them on top of Taoist or Buddhist temples for that very purpose. Other representations are found in Aztec ruins, Mesopotamian mythology and among the Egyptians. Anthropologists have ...
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3,600-Year-Old Royal Tomb of Mysterious Abydos Dynasty Found in Egypt
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