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Shamash
Shamash (as he is known in Akkadian, originally called Utu in Sumerian) was the ancient Sumerian god associated with the Sun. Utu was one of the most important gods of Sumerian religion — and all later Mesopotamian religion that developed […]
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Evidence for tobacco in the mummy of Rameses II
In Rosalie David’s chapter on mummification within the publication of an extensive review of Egyptian trade and industry (Nicholson & Shaw 2000) she remarked on the presence of Nicotiana sp. and Anthemideae in the abdominal cavity of Ramses II — […]
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Emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the absolute ruler of Japan, the head of the Imperial Family of Japan, who historically was considered to be given the divine right to rule by the gods. The Emperor of Japan is the only […]
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The History of Japan
Although the Japanese archipelago has been inhabited for the last 40,000 years, the History of Japan does not begin until the final centuries BCE with the arrival of the Yayoi people from mainland Asia. Timeline of the History of Japan […]
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