A multidisciplinary team of researchers studied a large body of texts to find out how people in the ancient Mesopotamian region (within modern day Iraq) experienced emotions in their bodies ...

Credit Figure: Modern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al., Mesopotamian: Juha Lahnakoski. Happiness ‘lights up’ similar areas on both modern and ancient body maps, with the exception of the liver, which was ...

A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and ...

Their contributions to and achievements in the arts, religion, science, mathematics, architecture, and social organization provided a foundation for other civilizations to be built in the fertile area ...

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Lord Shiva is a doting father, a loving and devoted husband, and a God who is as pure as camphor, as said through the lines ‘Karpoorgauram Karunavataram’. And there are so many stories of Lord ...

Hindu mythology abounds with animals imbued with divine purpose. Serving as vahanas for gods, they symbolize divine attributes, like Nandi's strength and Garuda's bravery. Animals, gods ...

Eliza Griswold’s profile of an evangelical church riven by discord post-2020, and Greg Epstein’s observations about how artificial intelligence has become a religion unto itself, offer lessons ...