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KADİM SIRLAR, YENİ ANLAMLAR • Tanrıların sayıları kutsal isimlerdeki gizli anlamların şifresini çözen ipuçları mıdır? • Sümerlerin günümüze kadar ulaşan gelişmiş genetik bilgi anlayışı hakkında ne biliyoruz? • Kitabı Mukaddes'in... more
Uruk, Auruk or Warka was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates 30 km (19 mi) east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.... more
The present contribution is devoted to the analysis of a fragment of a potter's wheel, made of baked clay, discovered at Abu Tbeirah during the survey of winter 2012. The focus of the discussion will be the surface treatment of the... more
Chapter 1 of Ancient History Refined shows evidence for the first global empire, the Sargon (Nimrod) Dynasty, in all the king's lists of the first nations/cultures established after the flood. Naramin-sin is a key anchor point for this... more
A detailed presentation of the main topics hat De Lafayette has discussed in his hundred books, translated in several languages
ABSTRACT: This documentary (no. 3) contains mainly a series of hypothetical and chronological reenactments, following a few (fictional) family lineages across centuries and millennia, from early hunter-gatherers ca. 12,000 BP (10,000 BCE)... more
Presentation of the Sumerian legacy and heritage
ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains 50 sequential questions drawn from the TimeLife documentary, "Mesopotamia: Return to Eden" (episode 1 in the TimeLife series on Lost Civilizations, 1995), and a reflection question at the... more
A presentation of an engraved message by Sumerian, Gnostic, Knights Templars and Sufi knowledge heritage
This paper shows that the Sumerian Meluhha refers to Vedic Harappa and "Meluhha" is not "mleccha" as some scholars
think.
think.
The inhabitants of (southern) Mesopotamia are sometimes referred to as the “black-headed people” (saĝ-ge6) in Sumerian texts. This term came to be used also in Akkadian texts (translated as ṣalmāt qaqqadi), including in Neo-Assyrian... more
At the end of the 24th century, c.2300±30 bce, Sargon of Akkade (2324–2285±30 bce) defeated Lugalzagesi, king of Uruk, unified the whole of Babylonia proper in a single territorial state, and laid the foundation of the Akkadian Empire.... more
Представлена детальная реконструкция систем мер длины, применявшихся на территории Древней Месопотамии до завоевания ее персами. (There is detailed reconstruction of the systems of measures of length used on the territory of ancient... more
Although pictographic writing was developed in the Climactic Phase of Old Europe between 5300-4300 BCE and equaled a script of its own kind (COG: 319), another or later form of writing was invented in Sumer, or southern Iraq, in the 4th... more
I think that imprint of the cylinder seal of Gudea depicts a scene from the myth "The building of Ninĝirsu's temple" as written on two cylinders.
ABSTRACT: This lecture begins with an overview of the Jemdet Nasr period (ca. 3,100 – 2,900 BCE), looking at trends, the emergence of writing (including summing up briefly the prehistoric foundations), developments in art (particularly... more
In his book “The Seal Cylinders of Western Asia” William Hayes Ward wrote that Anu was half-forgotten, and that he was never a familiar god. However, on a cylinder seal the sky god sits on his wife Uraš, who is depicted as a mountain,... more
The Harappan seals contain several linguistic symbols which have not been properly understood so far.Through my works especially- Indus script decipherment breakthrough, PaNameTa-the troy tower weight and measure system of Harappa, The... more
SUMMARY This thesis shall identify the date origin of the composite bow within Mesopotamia and Elam. and both identify and quantify the design factors which lead to increased performance possible with composite construction. To accomplish... more
COURSE DESCRIPTION (updated and expanded): “War & Peace in Ancient Mesopotamia” (ca. 10,000 - 323 BCE) begins with an introduction to the advent of farming, urban life, various crafts, writing, and other innovations in the region of the... more
The Harappan seals contain several linguistic symbols which have not been properly understood so far. Several seals contain vedic metrological terms,names of vedic ornaments,metal names,names of people, places and gods etc. My perception... more
This volume represents a small, but specifically targeted contribution to a field of research and discussion which has increasingly come to the fore in the last two decades, regarding the practice of covering or veiling womens’ heads or... more
Sídla, ktoré spĺňajú všetky atribúty v mnohých prípadoch aj súčasného mesta vrátane jeho správy a byrokracie, sa jednoznačne a plnohodnotne vyformovali aj počas existencie sumerskej civilizácie v dolnom povodí riek Eufrat a Tigris. V tých... more
The Maikop culture of the Nortwest Caucasus was influenced by the Uruk culture, and the ancient Caucasian Σαννίγαι people were saŋ ŋiga, ‘black-headed’ Sumerians
In a poem Inanna tells about her activities: she goes into the hub of a battle, she brings forth water and gives life to a man. A number of these activities are depicted on a beautiful cylinder seal found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur.
Sümerlerin Ön Asyadaki hususî mevkileri: Sümerler İsa'dan üçbin yıl önceki zamandan evvel Irak'ın güne yini yurt edinmiş ve bu mıntakanın, yani Irak'ın kuzey kısmına bile tam mânasile yerleşememiş küçük bir kavimdir. Göçlerinin tarihini... more
At the end of the 24th cent. Sargon of Akkade (2324–2285 BC) defeated Lugalzagesi, king of Uruk, and unified the whole of Babylonia proper for the first time into a single territorial state, thus laying the foundation of the Akkadian... more
Testi tradotti gratuitamente disponibili online (http://www.mondadorieducation.it/media/contenuti/universita/verderame_letterature_mesopotamia/index.html) a corredo del volume L. Verderame, Letterature dell'antica Mesopotamia (2016) /... more
In the Ancient Near East thousands of cylinder seals were produced and just a few of them depict a man and a woman making love. In this paper I try to identify this man and woman and I also try to understand what is happening on these... more
This essay briefly discusses the Hieros Gamos rites, specifically focusing on Cyprus and it's unique ability to unite both Greek and Sumerian rites in it's initiation ceremonies
On a number of Ancient Near East cylinder seals the sun god travels in a fantastic barge, its stern has a snake head and the prow is in the form a god. It symbolizes new moon, which arises when the sun and the moon conjunct. Together they... more
As part of the supplementary material to Edouard d'Araille's verse translation of 'Adapa's Ascent' (First Edition, 2020) this text is presented as a 'translation sketch' of the earliest existing Sumerian versions of the Adapa legend... more
ABSTRACT: In relation to the early influences of biblical texts in the emerging exploration and archaeology of Ancient Mesopotamia, this documentary -(including multiple interviewed specialists)-- assesses biblical texts, similarities... more
Mulţimea de reprezentări feminine din a doua jumătate a mileniului al treilea î.e.c. demonstrează că rolul femeii în Mesopotamia nu mai era unul obscur. Femeia reuşea să uimească prin frumuseţe, inteligenţă şi astfel, avea capacitatea de... more
The chapter presents the results of the excavation carried out during the second season of excavations at Tell Zurghul in 2016. Area D is located on the top and South-Western slope of Mound A, that is nearly at the centre of the site.... more
'Adapa's Ascent', one of the oldest stories ever told, dates back to the beginning of the Second Millennium BC. This appendix to Edouard d'Araille's recent verse translation of that work provides a glossary of the key characters featuring... more
In this article I deal with the description of two groups of " seven warriors " in two Sumerian literary compositions: the Hymn to Hendursaĝa and Gilgameš and Huwawa. Thus, I discuss the relevant passages of the compositions, analysing... more
Atatürk, Türklerin dünya tarihindeki yerinin tespit edilebilmesi için, Türk tarihinin belgelere dayandırılarak, gerçeğin dışına çıkılmadan araştırılmasını istemiştir. Yapılan çalışmalar sonrasında Türklerin dünya üzerinde tarihin en eski... more