Ancient History Archive
The Ancient Connection Between Sumerian, Semitic, and Indo-European Religions
For many years I have been pestered by a nagging thought. An idea on the periphery of my consciousness scratching away like an insect, never letting me rest. This idea began to taunt me long before I had the breadth […]
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Similarities Between Norse Religion and Ancient Greek Religion
The deeper that we explore Norse Religion and the Ancient Greek Religion, the more connections that we find. While on the surface each tradition is distinct, unique, and original, we find that significant aspects of the internal structure of the […]
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Sumerian Civilization :: The Inventors of Urban Life
Sumerian Civilization flourished on the river plains of the fertile crescent around 5000 years ago. A time when the Sumerian city-states of ruled the nation of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Sumerian Civilization is […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Eriu :: A Great Goddess of the Feminine Trinity of Ancient Ireland
Eriu was a goddess of ancient Ireland. She is often seen as a personification of the land of Ireland itself, as it was after her that this small island of the northeastern Atlantic – the furthest western periphery of Europe […]
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