<p>After suffering years of discrimination and forced assimilation, the Ainu people have finally been recognised as &#8220;indigenous&#8221; Japanese people, giving them the right to support for their communities and a boost to local economies. The official number of the Ainu is 25,000, but unofficially is estimated at 200,000, as many Ainu have been completely assimilated [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning &#8220;European olive&#8221;, is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae. It is found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion. The olive&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>According to the Bible’s creation account, after making the heavens and the earth, God created humankind. The Adam and Eve story in Genesis 2 states that God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground, and then Eve was created from one of Adam’s ribs. Genesis 2:21–24, NRSV: &#8220;So the Lord God caused the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Cybele Janus Aker Aker was an Ancient Egyptian earth and death deity. In several inscriptions, wall paintings and reliefs, Aker was connected to the horizon of the North and the West, forming a mythological bridge between the two horizons with his body. Aker was first depicted as the torso of a recumbent lion with a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ra &#8211; Sun Ra or Re is the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun. He was believed to rule in all parts of the created world: The sky, the Earth, and the underworld. By the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, he had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Liber &#8211; Libera In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber (&#8220;the free one&#8221;), also known as Liber Pater (&#8220;the free Father&#8221;), was a god of viticulture and wine, fertility and freedom. He was a patron deity of Rome&#8217;s plebeians and was part of their Aventine Triad. His festival of Liberalia (March 17) became associated with [&hellip;]</p>

In December 1846, while working with his excavation team at Nimrud(ancient Kalhu or biblical Calah), located in northern Mesopotamia in...

Shamshi-Adad V commissioned a stela that was excavated in Kalhu, which is remarkable for its record of the succession crisis that...

Ashurnasirpal I, (flourished 11th century BC), king of Assyria 1050–32 BC, when it was at a low ebb in power and prosperity caused by...

Ur-Nammu 2060 BC, king of the ancient city of Ur, sometimes called Zur-Nammu or Ur-Engur. He founded a new Sumerian dynasty, the third...

Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu; c. 1750–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon, ruling from 1750 BC to...

<p>Heimdall is an interesting and mysterious figure in Norse mythology, and is associated with the Rune Algiz because of his role as protector and guardian. He is the watcher at the gate who guards the boundaries between the worlds and who charges all those entering and leaving with caution. He is best known for his [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were two types of doctors in ancient Mesopotamia: the Asu (a medical doctor who treated illness &#8216;scientifically&#8217;) and the Asipu (a healer who relied upon what modern people would call &#8216;magic&#8217;). Joshua J. Mark Doctors in ancient Mesopotamia</p>

The art produced by the Urartu civilization, which flourished in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran from the 9th to...

The origins of urban settlements have generally been attributed to the riverine societies of southern Mesopotamia (in what is now...

The Sumerian civilization emerged upon the flood plain of the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers about 4000 B.C. The social...

<p>The great flood A flood myth or deluge myth is a narrative in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primaeval waters found in certain creation myths, as the [&hellip;]</p>

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The city of Nineveh is first mentioned in Genesis 10. Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter...

<p>The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west. And that&#8217;s because Earth spins &#8212; toward the east. However, this is a generalization. Actually, the Sun only rises due east and sets due west on 2 days of the year &#8212; the spring and fall [&hellip;]</p>