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The Origins of Marduk

Marduk is an ancient Babylonian god, one of the greatest, most long-lived gods of Mesopotamia and the Ancient World. (The Babylonian Zeus, if you will. Probably born, in fact, from the same archetypal mythical figure as Zeus was born from.) […]

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Shukra (Vedic Saptarishi)

Shukra is a great Vedic Sage (also known as Shukracharya and Asuracharya). He was one of the Saptarishi (Seven Sages) to whom is attributed great knowledge. Shukra is one of the sons of Bhrigu (another of the Saptarishis) to whom […]

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Bhrigu

Bhrigu is a Vedic Sage, one of the Saptarishis (Seven Sages) recorded in one of the world’s oldest religions (Hinduism) at its deepest Vedic layers. Bhrigu had many sons, one of whom was the sage Shukra.

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Asuras (Hinduism)

Asura of Vedic and Hindu myth are a class of powerful, supernatural being that have influence on the creation of the world and humanity. Asuras are a class of divine beings within Indian religion. Especially within Hinduism, and its ancient […]

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The God Enki Throughout Ancient Religion

Enki is one of the oldest Gods of humanity — the oldest gods known of ancient religions as he first appears in Sumerian inscriptions around the Dawn of History. The god Enki Through Ancient Religion, and is the archetype both […]

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Dawn of History

The Dawn of History is the birth of writing — the first time that human beings had developed enough socially to invent, and use, writing (which they did in Mesopotamia at Sumer before 3000 BCE) — an is the literal […]

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The Sumerians

The Sumerians were among the greatest, and most mysterious, of our ancient ancestors at the beginning of Ancient History. They developed the first cities, and single-handedly ushered us into the Historical Era with their invention of writing. However, not just […]

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Mesopotamian Prehistory

Mesopotamian Prehistory is the period in Mesopotamia that ends with the invention of writing (at the hands of the Sumerians) all the way back to the Arrival of the First Humans In Asia. Anatomically-modern humans first left Africa (permanently) probably […]

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Indus-Valley Civilization

The Indus-Valley Civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization) was a Bronze Age civilization that flourished in Western Asia (that some might classify as being part of the Near East) specifically in the regions of north-western South Asia. The Indus-Valley […]

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The Origins of the Ancient Greek People

The Origins of the Ancient Greek People

The Origins of the Ancient Greek People are an interesting — and important — story because it has a significant impact on our understanding of Ancient History. In particular, the ancient and prehistoric ties between the cultures of Europe, the […]

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