Africa
Excavations uncover new images of Isis-Aphrodite and Harpocrates
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Two recent excavations in Egypt have uncovered new terracotta figures of several Egyptian deities, including Isis, Isis-Aphrodite, and Harpocrates, the god of silence.
Africa
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023
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TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2023, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against trans people.
Arts & Culture
Archeologists uncover an 18 tonne lammasu – for the second time
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Archeologists have uncovered a 2700 year old state of a lammasu, an Assyrian guardian deity, near modern Mosul, Iraq. But the story of how an artifact known to scholars since the 1800s was finally excavated shows how archeology and heritage must contend with war, looting, and political turmoil.
Middle East
Two Ancient Pagan statues broken at the Israel Museum
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An American tourist has been arrested for breaking two Pagan statues at the Israel Museum
Middle East
Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered in Turkey
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Scientists have discovered a fragment of a new Indo-European language preserved in the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattusha.