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Ninhursag

Ninhursag (Ninḫursaĝ) was a major Sumerian deity with a long history of worship in the Near East and Mesopotamia. An ancient mother goddess worshipped as a creator deity. She had a hand in the creation of humanity (assisting her brother/consort, Enki). […]

Oka Crisis

The Oka Crisis (also known as the Kanesatake Resistance) of 1990 is a pivotal event in modern Indigenous history, that took place in Canada. It represents a flashpoint where long-standing colonial land disputes collided with modern civil rights and sovereignty […]

The Epic of Gilgamesh — Myth Summary

Introduction to Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh begins with a proclamation of illustrious nature and great deeds of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, who is described as wise and powerful, possessing knowledge of the world and mysteries before the flood […]

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 — […]

Emperor of Japan

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 […]