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The Sumerian City-State

The Sumerian City-State emerged in Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BCE. At the dawn of the 4th millennium BCE around the year 4000, local tribes and villages began gradually to coalesce into larger, denser, singular communities which had developed into […]

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the three great pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex. There is more mystery and allure surrounding the three main Giza Pyramids, and the Great Pyramid of Giza specifically, to the degree […]

The Neolithic Age

The Neolithic Age is a relatively short phase within the timeline of the development and evolution of our species over the course of some 300,000 years, which is about how long anatomically modern human beings have existed on this planet. […]

The Gupta Empire of Ancient India

The Gupta Dynasty was a dynasty of Ancient India lasting from about 320 CE to 550 CE which is by many historians considered the cultural Golden Age of ancient Indian civilization. During the Gupta Period India saw an unprecedented explosion […]

Mount Padang Pyramid :: Possibly The Oldest Structure Ever Built

In West Java, Indonesia, buried inside what appears to be a mountain is what is perhaps one of the most incredible mysteries – and discoveries – that archaeology has to offer. What at first appears to be a mountain, named […]

The Nine Muses of Ancient Greece

The Nine Muses of Ancient Greek Mythology were those who inspired the greatest art, music, poetry, and even scholarship in mortal men (and women). It was their divine voices who whispered into the ear of the artists, speaking the words […]

The Birth of Modern Astronomy

The birth of Modern Astronomy marks a radical, momentous shift in our understanding of the world, the universe, and reality. It was the work of early astronomers and scientists (such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler) that completely transformed our understanding […]

World Prehistory

The study of World Prehistory covers the vast period of time from the first emergence of a human-like species on planet Earth, our most distant ancestor species, more akin to primates than modern humans, following the developments through multiple evolutionary […]

The Three-Age System

Within the study and elucidation of history, an important concepts to understand is that of the division of history into certain key phases of the development of humanity and human civilization. One such system is that known as the Three-Age […]

The Great Flood — The Babylonian Flood Myth

The world is abound with traditions of a Great Flood. We have the Sumerian version Great Flood, three separate versions of the Babylonian Flood Myth, the Hindu Flood Myth, the Greek Flood Myth, and the Biblical (which is actually descendant […]