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Family Planning in the Ancient Near East

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:01:37 +0000

The history of contraceptive medicine stretches back to the earliest Near Eastern medical literature. Introduction The ancient Near East was

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:41:13 +0000

A unique kitchen in a 4000-year-old palace where priests served up opium-laced potions for ceremonies. By Andrew Lawler

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 07 May 2021 18:21:26 +0000

Outside of pre-Maccabean Israelite religious literature, evidence for the name and the origins of the Philistines is less

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:47:09 +0000

Numerous excavations and a fairly large number of contemporary written documents give us a good picture of the

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 19:11:48 +0000

Considering the spread of Judaism from the viewpoint of other cultures in the Ancient Near East. Introduction The

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 12 May 2019 17:32:52 +0000

Canaanite religion was polytheistic, and in some cases monolatristic. Introduction Canaanite religion refers to the group of ancient

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:27:53 +0000

A map illustrating the various political states within the Fertile Crescent c. 1450 BCE / Image by Свифт/Svift, Wikimedia Commons Virtually

Matthew McIntosh — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:30:11 +0000

Kudurru of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur granting LAK-ti Marduk freedom from taxation for services rendered during his invasion of Elam /

Matthew McIntosh — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 17:44:45 +0000

By the 3rd millennium BCE, the southern Levant was a land of small, fortified towns and villages, ruled

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:55:53 +0000

Bronze Age huts at Craggaunowen / Photo by Angella Streluk, Creative Commons By Dr. Nicholas K. Rauh Professor of Classics