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Scholars Thought This Ancient Silver Goblet Told One Myth for 50 Years. Is It Actually Telling Another Story?

A new study asserts that the Bronze Age goblet may be one of the earliest known depictions of cosmology, featuring gods ...

Imagery from 4,000-year-old goblet might depict a cosmic creation story, not Enuma Elish myth

The story depicted on the ˁAin Samiya goblet—an 8 cm tall silver vessel from the Intermediate Bronze Age (c. 2650–1950 ...
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Understanding the Aboriginal Creation Story: Singing the country

Every inch of Australia is written in song. Songs track lines along the continent, with every jutting rock or bowing tree ...
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Researchers Crack the Lost Origins of an Ancient Egyptian Temple

In a 4,000-year-old creation myth from ancient Egypt, god manifested as high ground that rose out of watery chaos. New research suggests this myth of the primeval mound may have inspired the first ...