Ishtar Gate Entrance / Ancient History This is the Ishtar Gate to the entrance of the city of Babylon, dating to the 6th century. The lion was important to the Goddess Ishtar, who was worshipped as one of the main deities of Mesopotamia. TagsAncient Egypt (28) ancient greece (72) animals (95) anthropology (86) archaeology (122) architecture (77) art (402) Central/late Middle Ages (79) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (165) disease (119) Early Middle Ages (54) economic history (49) environmental history (148) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (201) evolution (61) fashion history (43) folklore (35) folklore/mythology (101) history of education (54) history of food (40) History of Magic (43) history of race (37) history of sex (56) Islamic history (25) Jewish history (45) literature (242) math (46) medicine (165) medieval (76) military history (102) mythology (29) political history (141) pre-history (54) religion (325) Rome (149) science (57) social history (260) technology (97) U.S. history (100) U.S. natural parks (52) warfare (88) weapons (55) women (26) women's history (207) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (131) Ancient History (378) Big History (47) Byzantine History (34) Early Americas (40) Early Modern (209) Fabulous Females (126) History of Science (249) Live Reporting (170) Long 19th- 20th centuries (399) Medieval History (385)
Tower of Jericho Ancient History / September 25, 2024 / archaeology, pre-history, religion, social history It doesn’t look like much now, but this is one of the oldest stone buildings in all of history. It is the Tower of Jericho.…
Medicinally Used Plants in “De Materia Medica” Ancient History, Byzantine History, Medieval History / October 7, 2024 / ancient greece, art, disease, environmental history, literature, medicine Just how important is a single book? In the case of the one featured here, _De materia medica_, the answer is 1500 years: that’s how…
Ark of the Covenant Ancient History / September 20, 2023 / Christian history This object, now in a musuem in Harare, Zumabwe, dates from 1300. Purely indigenous drum? Replica of the Ark of the Covenant? The ways we…
Oasis of Faiyum in Ancient Egypt and Rome Ancient History / August 27, 2024 / Ancient Egypt, History of Magic, religion, Rome Featured here is an evening sky shot of Faiyum, which for millennia was an important oasis in Egypt and definitely a place on my bucket…