MOONLIGHT. “The light of the moon and the changes of the moon were probably the first phenomena which led men to study the motions of the heavenly bodies. In our times, when most men live where artificial illumination is used at night, we can scarcely appreciate the full value of moonlight to men who cannot obtain…
Category: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Mythology – Ancient Religions
The Ennead “Ancient Egyptians had several myths regarding the creation of the world. One of the most popular creation myths featured the Ennead, a group of nine ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Atum was thought to be the first god and creator of the world and from Atum the Ennead were born.” British Museum Atum’s…
Islam – Ancient Religions
Image Credit: History Alive Textbook “Muhammad was born around 570 C.E. He taught the faith called Islam, which became one of the major religions of the world.” History Alive Textbook But Islam began centuries before that, when Abraham rejected and expelled his older son Ishmael, who relocated west of the Israelits. His descendants became the…
Ancient Egypt – Its Civilization and Stories
Prehistoric Period 5500-3100 BCE Garden of Eden in Mesopotamia c. 4026 BCE Early Dynastic Period 3100-2680 BCE Old Kingdom 2650-2175 BCE Noah and the Flood in Mesopotamia c.2348 BCE First Intermediate Period 2175-1975 BCE Abraham was born in Mesopotamia c. 2055 BCE Image Credit: Thought Co. On the above map, the Fertile Crescent is colored…
Ancient Civilizations and Empires in Mesopotamia – Early History of the Bible Lands
Most Bible scholars believe that the Garden of Eden was in Mesopotamia –and if that is true, that is where humanity began. Because of that, I’ll call Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization. Although humans roamed the earth, hunting and gathering food before the Sumerian Civilization, the Sumerians developed the first civiliztion in Mesopotamia–that was in…
Ancient Civilizations – A List & A Few Facts
The Native Americans “Native Americans are considered an ancient civilization, as archaeological and genetic evidence shows that people have inhabited the Americas for at least 20,000 years, with their ancestors migrating across the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia, establishing diverse cultures across North and South America before European contact. Early arrival: The first Native…
The Student Bible Atlas
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The History of The Promised Land – The Land of Canaan, the Phoenicians, & Purple Dye
Canaan “ By the 17th century BCE, Jerusalem had developed into a fortified city under Canaanite rule, with massive walls protecting its water system.” Wikipedia Image Credit: The Map as History “The Bible gives a central place to the ‘Land of Canaan’, the territory that God gave Abraham and his descendants in the Book of Genesis. In the…
Neoclassisism and the Classical Ideal
In terms of art history, the Classical Period of Art was Created During the Eras of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Marble statue of Aphrodite 1st or 2nd century A.D. Roman – Copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. “The goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath. Originally,…
Athena and Arachne
CHAPTER IV THE BIRTH OF ATHENE One day Zeus was ill. To us it is strange to think of the gods as suffering the same pains as mortals suffer, but to the Hellenes it seemed quite natural. Zeus was ill. His head ached so severely that he bade all the gods assemble in Olympus to find…