The sky from the high terrace. study on the orientation of the Ziqqurat in Ancient Mesopotamia [PDF]
, 2016 The ziqqurat is the symbol of the Mesopotamian sacred architecture in the western thought. This monument, standardized at the end of the III millennium BC by the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, has changed during the history of Mesopotamia its shape ...
NADALI, Davide, Polcaro, Andrea
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"The civilizational and religious connotations of the head of bulls in some areas of civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula from the beginning of the third millennium until the end of the first millennium BC." [PDF]
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2020 This research investigates the motif of bull ׳s heads in the arts of some areas of civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula .It deals with the religious and civilizational connotations of their representation, in the civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula,
Dr/ Fawziah Abdullah Mohammed Abdulghani
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The Concept of Sin and the Quiddity of the Original Sin in the Mythology and Religions of Iran, Greece, and Mesopotamia [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2020 The concept of sin and the nature of the first sin in ancient myths, religions of Iran, Greece, and Mesopotamia in mythical human thought, the world, and the world around it had rules and frameworks.
Hamid Kavyani Pooya
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Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution [PDF]
BioessaysIntentional fire use exposed humans and their ancestors to high‐temperature burn injury, a risk rare in other species, bringing major survival benefits and technologies but also repeated exposure to extreme heat. The Burn Selection Hypothesis reframes this cost of fire mastery as a unique selective pressure, which shaped our evolution.
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Biblical stories about the Patriarchs: myths or reality?
Волинський благовісник, 2020 The article raises the issue of mythicism or historicity of definite stories from the Holy Scriptures by analyzing them and various archeological sources. The urgency of this problem has been determined by both religion and history.
Mykhailo Kuchynko
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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021 Touraj Daryaee & Khodadad Rezakhani. From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran. Ancient Iran Series Vol. 1 Irvine/Los Angeles, CA: Jordan Centre for Persian Studies/Farhang Foundation, 2017, xvi + 106p., ISBN 978-1-780835907.
Matthew Gray Marsh
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Explanation and analysis of Iconographical of Palm Tree in Art of Jiroft [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023 Jiroft, which according to some researchers and archaeologists, is identical and tantamount to Mesopotamia civilization, has a rich context of admirable and valuable ancient materials. These materials, appeared out of the ground due to a flood in 2002AD,
Esmaeil Sangari, Parisa Salehi
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Of highland-lowland borderlands: local societies and foreign power in the Zagros-Mesopotamian interface [PDF]
, 2016 Narratives of civilization are spun from the juxtaposition of a civilized self with that of a barbarous other. Such an opposition is never more easily constructed than from the distinctiveness of lowland and mountain topographies, environments, and life ...
Casana, Jesse, Glatz, Claudia
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19. Yüzyılda Batılı Seyyahların Mardin İzlenimleri
International Journal of Mardin Studies (IJMS), 2022 Tarihin birçok döneminde farklı isimlerle anılan Mezopotamya bölgesinin en önemli şehirlerinden biri olan Mardin; farklı etnik, dini ve kültürel unsurları bir arada bulundurması sebebiyle birçok batılı seyyahın uğrak noktasından biri olmuştur.
Muhittin Rahmi Akbulut
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