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![Egyptian Gods - The Complete List](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3463.jpg?v=1723076403-1721373592)
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Egyptian Gods - The Complete List
The gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt were an integral part of the people's everyday lives for over 3,000 years. There were over 2,000 deities in the Egyptian pantheon, many whose names are well known - Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor...
![Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3131.jpg?v=1725754388-1724656206)
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Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text
The Enuma Elish (also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation) is the Babylonian creation myth whose title is derived from the opening lines of the piece, "When on High". The myth tells the story of the great god Marduk's victory over the...
![The Nebra Sky Disk - Ancient Map of the Stars](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/366.jpg?v=1629751502)
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The Nebra Sky Disk - Ancient Map of the Stars
The Nebra Sky Disk is one of the most fascinating, and some would say controversial, archaeological finds of recent years. Dated to 1600 BCE, this bronze disk has a diameter of 32cm (about the size of a vinyl LP) and weighs around 2 kg. It...
![The Girl Who Climbed to the Sky](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/19401.jpeg?v=1725684255-1725007407)
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The Girl Who Climbed to the Sky
The Girl Who Climbed to the Sky is a folktale from the Arapaho nation about a girl, Sapana, who is tricked by a supernatural sky-being into traveling to his home, where he keeps her, and then must find a way to return to her people, helped...
![The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3202.jpg?v=1723160586)
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The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya
The pantheon of the Maya is a vast collection of deities worshipped throughout the regions of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. These gods informed...
![The Mesopotamian Pantheon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2975.jpg?v=1725805625)
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The Mesopotamian Pantheon
The gods of the Mesopotamian region were not uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region and, because of this, Marduk should not be regarded as King of the Gods in the same...
![The Sky Gods of Greek Mythology](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2923_ci_preview.jpg?v=1679258468-1726047077)
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The Sky Gods of Greek Mythology
Did you know that there was not just one deity for the night sky, but numerous gods, titans and nymphs all responsible for different aspects of the night sky, the winds and the seasons? When you think of the Greek god of the sky, or the...
![Seven Lucky Gods](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1336.jpg?v=1708911729)
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Seven Lucky Gods
In Japanese folklore the Shichifukujin are the Seven Lucky Gods who may also be known as the Seven Gods of Happiness or the Seven Gods of Good Fortune. The seven gods are in fact of diverse origin as some are originally from Buddhism, some...
![Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt - A Brief History](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4543.jpg?v=1714252269)
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Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt - A Brief History
The land of ancient Egypt was alive with the spirit of the gods. The sun god Ra broke from the darkness every morning in his great boat, bringing the light, and many of the gods watched over the people by night as the stars. Osiris caused...
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Religion in the Ancient World
Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning 'restraint,' or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning 'to repeat, to read again,' or, most likely, Religionem, 'to show respect for what is sacred') is an organized system of beliefs and practices...