Three Ancient Objects That Shouldn't Be What They Are

Igigi: Who Were the 600 Mysterious Workers of the Anunnaki?

Zeus is actually Enlil… and he’s the evil one. #billycarson #ancienthistory #history #sumerian #greekmythology

Human civilization is a global, highly complex system shaped by the biological species Homo sapiens, which has evolved from local bands of hunter-gatherers into a deeply interconnected, information-driven global society of over 8.3 billion people. Originating in Africa around 300,000 years ago, humanity made its first fundamental leap during the Neolithic Revolution roughly 10,000 to 12,000 years ago by transitioning from nomadic foraging to settled agriculture; this shift generated food surplus

For some ancient Indo-European languages, linguists think the original inherited word for “bear” was replaced because of a name taboo. The reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word is something close to ‘’arkto’’, preserved in words related to Greek arktos and Latin ursus. But Germanic and Slavic languages replaced it with euphemisms. The English bear comes from a Germanic word probably meaning something like “the brown one,” while Slavic Medved is traditionally interpreted as “honey-eater.” #histo

Peruvian archaeologists discovered an ancient Chimu tomb, believed to be at least 600 years old, containing the remains of 38 people.