The History of Ancient Sumeria (Sumer) including its cities, kings, religions culture and contributions or civilization Topics Abraham and Shinar Calendar Clothing Cosmology Culture and Contributions Cuneiform Death and Afterlife Downloadable Cuneiform Dictionary of Words Emergent Cities Ensi – Lugal First Historical Personalities Flood Legends in History Flood Story Gods Houses Kish Language Language Two […]
Sumerians
Ancient Mesopotamia – A L Oppenheim – pdf*
Hebrew Myths the Book of Genesis – Robert Graves and Raphael Patai – pdf*
Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor any Israelites – Dr. Ashraf Ezzat*
Many are the stories that were told in the Hebrew Bible, but the one story that is yet to be told is the story of the Hebrew Bible itself. The relationship with gods/god has always been one of man’s oldest preoccupations, and still is till this very day. While it’s fair to assume that Modern […]
Gods To God Excerpt – pdf
Lilith – Raphael Patai – pdf
Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt – A Brief History – Joshua J. Mark
The land of ancient Egypt was alive with the spirit of the gods. The sun god Ra broke from the darkness every morning in his great boat, bringing the light, and many of the gods watched over the people by night as the stars. Osiris caused the Nile River to flood its banks and fertilize […]
The Mesopotamian Pantheon – Joshua J. Mark
by Joshua J. Mark The gods of the Mesopotamian region were by no means uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region, from city-state to city-state and, because of this, Marduk should not be regarded as King of the Gods in the same way Zeus ruled […]
Nanshe – Joshua J. Mark
Nanshe (also known as Nanse, Nazi) is the Sumerian goddess of social justice and divination, whose popularity eventually transcended her original boundaries of southern Mesopotamia toward all points throughout the region in the 3rd millennium BCE. She watched over orphans and widows, oversaw fairness, fresh water, birds and fish, fertility, and favored prophets, giving them […]
Utu-Shamash – Joshua J. Mark
Utu (also known as Shamash, Samas, and Babbar) is the Sumerian god of the sun and divine justice. He is the son of the moon god Nanna and the fertility goddess Ningal in the Sumerian tradition but was known as Shamash (Samas) to the Akkadians who claimed Anu or Enlil as his father. In the […]