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Tag Archives: Ancient History
Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh explores what it means to be human, and questions the meaning of life and love. Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article Louise Pryke, Macquarie University “Forget death and seek life!” With these encouraging words, Gilgamesh, the star ofContinue reading “Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh”
Rare coin from King Antiochus’s rule discovered in Jerusalem
I’m currently studying The Dead Sea Scrolls as a part of my university degree and one of the areas of the Second Temple Period we cover is to do with King Antiochus and the Maccabean revolt. It was such a buzz that this was found this week as I read all about it! – AmyContinue reading “Rare coin from King Antiochus’s rule discovered in Jerusalem”
The underrated wonder that is Mahabalipuram — My Favourite Things
I first heard about Mahabalipuram in my Class 8 or 9 Hindi textbook. While I don’t remember who the author of that piece was, but I do remember that it was about the ruminations of a sculptor who wondered about the glorious temple ruins by the sea-shore and how they came to be. Though the […]Continue reading “The underrated wonder that is Mahabalipuram — My Favourite Things”
Who were the Philistines?
Original article found One for Israel They had been digging for years and found nothing. Archaeological evidence giving information about the Philistines and their civilization has been found in the past, but no one had ever found any bodies. It was a mystery. Some assumed that they must have buried their dead at sea, but there hadContinue reading “Who were the Philistines?”
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