In Norse mythology, Fimbulvetr (or fimbulvinter), commonly rendered in English as Fimbulwinter, is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök. Fimbulvetr comes from Old Norse, meaning “awful, great winter”. The prefix “fimbul” means “the great/big” so the correct interpretation of the word is “the great winter”. “Fenrisulven sluker Sola. Klimakatastrofen som begynte året 536 […]
Turkish airstrikes against Kurdish forces have partially destroyed a 3,000-year-old temple in northern Syria located near the village of Ain Dara, in Afrin, according to a monitoring group and the Syrian regime. It was built in three structural phases in the period from about 1300 BC to 740 BC. This was preceded by the Chalcolithic […]
The most famous pyramids are the Egyptian — huge structures built of brick or stone, some of which are among the world’s largest constructions. They are shaped as a reference to the rays of the sun. Pyramids originated from simple rectangular “mastaba” tombs that were being constructed in Egypt over 5,000 years ago, according to […]
“From June 1941 to May 1945, more than 500000 Armenians were called up for military service, and it was a significant part of the people (according to the statistics, in 1941 the population of the Armenian Republic was less than 1400000 people). In the Soviet Army there were about 60 Armenian generals and 5 marshals, […]
An Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth. Earth goddesses are often associated with the “chthonic” deities of the underworld. Egyptian mythology exceptionally has a sky goddess and an Earth god. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses. In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi/Bhūmi, etc. […]
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Highlights: • Discovery of the most ancient case of plague in humans, 4,900 years ago in Sweden • Basal lineages of Y. pestis emerged and spread during the Neolithic decline • Plague infections in distinct Eurasian populations during Neolithic and Bronze Age • A plague pandemic likely emerged in large settlements and spread over trade […]
Ohannessian established the Dome of the Rock Tiles ceramic workshop and school in the Via Dolorosa. Within a decade, Armenian ceramics had started to change the face of the city, adorning its streets, buildings and many of its most famous landmarks with the distinctive glazed tilework of delicate blues, reds, and greens that became a […]
Demeter and Persephone In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (“she of the Grain”) as the giver of food or grain, and Thesmophoros (thesmos: divine order, unwritten law; phoros: bringer, bearer), “Law-Bringer”, as […]
According to the Bible, Noah planted a vine at the foot of Mount Ararat after the Flood – this was the beginning of the tradition of winemaking in the territory of modern Armenia. The earliest evidence of domesticated grapes in the world has been found in the general “Shulaveri area”, near the site of Shulaveri […]
New research suggests it was climate-related megadroughts in the 7th century BC that built the foundation for the collapse of the Assyrian Empire (whose heartland was based in today’s northern Iraq)–one of the most powerful civilizations in the ancient world. It details how it triggered a decline in Assyria’s way of life that contributed to […]
Yggdrasil is a tree central to the Norse concept of the cosmos. The tree’s branches extend into various realms, and various creatures dwell on and around it. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things, traditional governing assemblies. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported […]
A comprehensive survey of cat genes suggests that even after felines wandered into our lives, they remained largely unchanged for thousands of years. They likely started hanging around farming communities in the Fertile Crescent about 8,000 years ago, where they settled into a mutually beneficial relationship as humans’ rodent patrol. The earlier ancestors of today’s […]
“Though the Basque and Armenian languages share no superficial resemblances, they do share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements.” The Surprising Story of the Basque Language Armenians and Basques – Similarities Between the Basque and Armenian Languages Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France – Genetics Basque language, their language