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“The Lament for Icarus” by Herbert James Draper (1898). Source: Public Domain.
26 AUG 2025 · 7 MIN

World Mythology Warnings for TODAY #2: Icarus’s Flight & Dangerous Ambitions

Welcome back to our series World Mythology Warnings for Today. In case you missed our previous (and first) episode, be sure you click here to explore what happened in Persia. In today’s…
Arabian red foxes (Vulpes vulpes arabica) are a fox species found in Southern Iraq. Source: CC BY 4.0. Taken by Alahamali70. Statue of Hadad (another name of the Anunnaki god Ishkur) presented by Felix von Luschan et al. Source: Public Domain.
6 AUG 2025 · 5 MIN

Ancient Tablet Reveals Lost Sumerian Myth: Hero Fox Saving an Anunnaki God

For 4,400 years, a small clay tablet lay hidden inside the ruins of the Ancient Sumerian city of Nippur (in what’s now southern Iraq). This tablet may be miniscule but it reveals…
Zeus (Jupiter) observing the world of mortals from above, as eagles drive his chariot. By Flemish engraver Jan Sadeler I after Maarten de Vos. Circa 1585. Source: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
11 JUN 2025 · 8 MIN

When Zeus ‘Ate’ The Creator to Become Supreme God 

Zeus’s rise to ultimate power wasn’t just forged by thunderbolts and battles with Titans—it was an act of divine transcendence, rooted in an ancient Orphic tradition often overshadowed by Hesiod’s Theogony. Hesiod’s…
The satyr and nymph scene is just one of the beautiful frescoes found in the tiny house in Pompeii. Source: Pompeii Archaeological Park.
28 OCT 2024 · 2 MIN

Tiny House Found in Ancient Pompeii Has Erotica All Over the Walls

Pompeii, famously destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, is treasure trove due to its extraordinary state of preservation. One would be forgiven for thinking that everything had been found…