Tablets of Stone

People often complain about having to acknowledge religious practices, whether it be going to a religious gathering every week or interrupting their busy schedule to observe daily rituals. Most commonly, these people are monotheistic. Now, imagine having not one, but thousands of gods to appease. That’s quite a lot of worshipping to do, right? Well, it was a reality for many people for centuries in the Mesopotamian area (most of modern day Iraq and Kuwait.) The ancient Mesopotamian religion had over

A controversial topic in the english language is how the internet changed language. Some ways that the internet has changed the english language is by adding new words and phrases to the english language vocabulary, another way the internet has changed the english language is by creating more english speaking people from around the world that learned english online, the last way the internet has changed the english language is by adding different “dialects” for different social media and blogging

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go” I will be writing paper on “Exodus” on how the story unfolded. That took place 400 hundred years after the death of Joseph, his brothers, and Pharaoh and how I felt about the separation of a strong bond between brothers and how the Israelites were delivered from slavery. Pharaoh was threatened by how the number of Israelites was rapidly increasing in size and was expecting that they could someday overthrow him and have control of Egypt so

The Best Tablets for Drawing in 2017 Over the years, the appreciation for art has always stayed the same. We still appreciate Picasso’s work. Man indeed doesn’t change. But his landscape does. His tools and his surrounding also have to change to serve him better. An artist is a true observer of life. As such, he is bound to notice the ever changing quality of life that is more so enhanced by technology; and then captured by the same technology. The rudimentary drawings of the stone ages captured

“The Sword in the Stone” by T. H. White is a fanciful tale of wizardry and chivalry that regales the tale of a young King Arthur, who is referred to as Wart. In his youth, Wart is reared by a noble named Sir Ector. As a nobleman, Sir Ector wants to give the greatest education possible for his sons Wart and Kay, so he holds a search for a tutor worthy of teaching his sons. Wart discovers the abode of a magician named Merlyn by happenstance in the woods, and Sir Ector agrees that Merlyn is a suitable

The Sumerians Although, we widely attribute the ancient stories of the Sumerians to pure mythology, they went to great lengths to understand and create a way to record their history, society structure, and development; just as we do for historical events today. The most accepted view on what makes a culture civilized or having obtained civilization “is a culture which has attained a degree of complexity, usually characterized by urban life” (Guisepi). As far as the Sumerian culture is concerned

He placed the new tablets in the ark, within the midst of the people of Israel. This allowed them to witness, together with the Lord, the law for all eternity. "At the time, the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord." The appointment

of desire. The city of Troy was a very wealthy city found in a very strategic location which attracted civilizations, therefore, civilizations such as the Mycenaeans wanted to take over. Furthermore, written tablets are another big piece of evidence when it comes to the Trojan War. These tablets provided information that archaeologists were looking for to answer the question: "Who fought

storm, and earth and its fertility. They also had adopted a Semitic language from the Akkadians as well as the style of cuneiform writing, which came from the Sumerian culture. This language was used to write on clay tablets which were placed in clay envelopes that covered the tablets. Once inside they were then sealed with a stamp. Most of the stamps were carved in the shape of an animal and a lot of them became amulets to wear for various reasons of power. It was discovered that early Mesopotamia

all variants of Asherah. Before the Ras Sharma tablets were deciphered, most biblical scholars did not even speculate that "the asherahs" might have meant a person and not a thing. Wooden carved poles called "the asherahs" stood upright beside altars next to stone pillars. They interpreted "the asherahs or asherims" as wooden poles and cult objects from Baal worship or groves of trees. Not until after 1938AD, during the first study of the tablets from the Ras Sharma excavation did