Middle East
Mitanni City emerges from the Mosul Reservoir
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The initial finds of the excavations of the ancient Mitanni Empire city of Zakhiku that was revealed due to the drought in Iraq in 2021.
Anatolia
Assyrian deity carvings found in secret Turkish tunnel
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Archeologists have published an initial study of a carving found in southern-eastern Turkey that depicts a procession of deities in a mixture of Assyrian and Aramaic styles.
Paganism
From Ishtar to Ēostre: a conversation with Steff V. Scott
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In a new book, Steff V Scott, presiding officer of the Scottish Pagan Federation, lays out an argument for a connection between the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar and the Anglo-Saxon Eostre.
Europe
Uncovering the Past: New theory on Motya’s sacred pool of Ba’al
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A new they about Motya’s ceremonial complex and sacred pool to Ba’al suggests the site had multiple functions.
Europe
Mycenaean Tombs and Minoan Courtyards
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Two recent excavations shed some light on Minoan and Mycenean cultures.