IE in the The Armenian Highland
The most widely accepted proposal about the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland is the steppe hypothesis, which puts the PIE homeland in the Pontic–Caspian steppe around 4000 BC. Another...
View ArticleThe Cow of Heaven
Ninḫursaĝ Ninḫursaĝ, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility goddess....
View ArticleThe Two Brothers Ganesha and Kartikeya
Ganesha Ganesha, also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, or by numerous other names, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. Though not alluding to the classical form of...
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Trimurti and Tridevi: Pavati (Shiva), Lakshmi (Vishnu) and Saraswati (Brahma)
The Trimurti of the three Hindu Gods: Brahmā, Vishnu, and Shiva Trimurti and Tridevi The Trimurti of the three Hindu Gods: Brahmā, Vishnu, and Shiva (left to right) at Ellora Caves, an archaeological...
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Ancient site older than Göbeklitepe may have been unearthed in Turkey
World’s first temple? Mardin The territory of Mardin and Karaca Dağ was known as Izalla in the Bronze Age and originally part of a Hurrian (Armenian) kingdom. The Hurrians were a people of the Bronze...
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New Evidence That Grandmothers Were Crucial for Human Evolution
New Evidence That Grandmothers Were Crucial for Human Evolution For years, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists have struggled to explain the existence of menopause, a life stage that humans do...
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Armenian Traditional Clothing for Women –“Taraz”
Armenians have traditional clothing for women called “taraz”. There are varieties of tarazes from different regions of the country that are decorated with Armenian ethnic ornaments. The same is with...
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Grandmothers Were Crucial for Human Evolution
New Evidence That Grandmothers Were Crucial for Human Evolution Jungian Archetypes For years, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists have struggled to explain the existence of menopause, a life...
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The Main God in Mythology and Religion
Dingir (𒀭, usually transliterated DIĜIR) is a Sumerian word for “god.” Its cuneiform sign is most commonly employed as the determinative for religious names and related concepts, in which case it is...
View ArticleReisebrev til Libanon
Reisebrev Beklager at det har tatt lang tid å skrive dette nyhetsbrevet. Når det kommer til mytologi og historie så klarer jeg ikke å stanse, men fortsetter kun. Uansett har jeg inkludert disse...
View ArticleThe Origin of the Celts
Scientists find that tin found in Israel from 3,000 years ago comes from Cornwall. Tin ingots from more than 3,000 years ago found in Israel are actually from Cornwall, a ceremonial county in South...
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The Babylonian Map of the World (or Imago Mundi)
The Babylonian Map of the World (or Imago Mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet containing a labeled depiction of the known world, with a short and partially lost description, dated to roughly the 6th...
View ArticleOn the Origin of Baklava
Reality show star Kourtney Kardashian posted a photo of pakhlava (baklava), one of the most famous and exquisite dishes of Armenian cuisine, on her Instagram page.”Homemade Armenian Pakhlava”, wrote...
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Armenian Cognac
The history of Armenian brandy started in 1887 when Nerses Tairyan, very famous Armenian trader, founded the first Wine and Brandy Factory in Yerevan. In 1890 Shustov presented the brandy in Paris...
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The Arch of Charents
The Arch of Charents was erected in 1957 and named in honour of the outstanding Armenian poet, patriot and public activist Yeghishe Charents (1897-1937), who wrote the best poem, dedicated to Armenia,...
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Life before Death
If you ever thought that the ones that rule in the U.S. is interested in freedom and democrazy – or peace and human rights for that matter – then think again – if they were they would have implemented...
View ArticleOrigin of the Swastika – Armenia
The earliest known swastika is from 10,000 BCE – part of “an intricate meander pattern of joined-up swastikas” found on a late paleolithic figurine of a bird, carved from mammoth ivory, found in...
View ArticleShala, the Virgo
Shala was an ancient Sumerian goddess of grain and the emotion of compassion. The symbols of grain and compassion combine to reflect the importance of agriculture in the mythology of Sumer, and the...
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Our Lady of Lebanon
Daroun-Harissa is a municipality that consists of two villages, Harissa and Daraoun, in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The municipality is located 27 km north of...
View ArticleWhen Dragons Scream – War Trumpets in Celtic Europe
“For there were among them such innumerable horns and trumpets, which were being blown at the same time from all parts of their army, and their cries were so loud and piercing, that the noise seemed to...
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