Lauren van Zoonen

Lauren van Zoonen read Ancient Mediterranean Society at the Amsterdam Free University. She's currently working at a tourism office and as a volunteer in a museum.

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Heliogabalus' Religion (3)

Heliogabalus: emperor of Rome, ruled from 218 to 222, famous for his religious reforms and the introduction of the cult of the Syrian sun god Elagabal.       Conclusion Heliogabalus refused to live a Roman life. He followed the rules of Syrian religion.…

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Merneith

Merneith (c.2925 BCE): queen of First Dynasty Egypt, wife of King Djet, mother of King Den, probably briefly ruling in her own right. …

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Neithhotep

Queen Neithhotep lived during the final phase of Egypt’s Predynastic age and was presumably the wife of King Narmer, the unifier of the “Two Lands”, which may have taken place in the thirtieth century BCE.  …

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