Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.Darius' Suez Inscriptions
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Ecbatana (Old Persian Hagmatana, "gathering place"): main settlement of the Medes, modern Hamadan.
A bullshead from Ecbatana
According to the Histories of…
Elagabal (Aramaic Ilaha Gabal, the "lord of the mountain"), Syrian sun god. His cult was introduced in Rome by the boy-emperor Heliogabalus (218-222).The pantheon of Emesa
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Erebuni: ancient name of modern Yerevan. There are several archaeological sites: Shengavit, Erebuni (from which the name "Yerevan" is derived), and Karmir Blur.
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Eridu Genesis: a Sumerian text dealing with the subject matter best known from the first chapters of the Bible.The Eridu Genesis is written on a Sumerian cuneiform tablet of which about two thirds are now lost. The missing parts can…
Eschatology: the idea that history not only has a beginning, but also has an end (Greek: ἔσχατον).The idea that the world has a beginning, can be found in almost any ancient civilization. Only a genius like Aristotle could contemplate that…