Astarte was actually a warrior goddess of Canaan and Syria who is a Western Semitic counterpart of the Akkadian Ishtar worshipped in Mesopotamia. In the Egyptian pantheon to which she was officially…
Egypt Ways
In Ancient Egypt, something horrible happened to a god. His eye was torn out by a god. The gods eye who was torn out was Horus. His eye was torn out by…
Twenty-sixth Dynasty
At the close of Ashurbanipal’s Egyptian campaign the power of Assyria was at its zenith. He had defeated his foes in all directions, but they were too tenacious of their independence to…
Fetket
Fetket was the butler of the sun god, Re, who provided the king with his drink supply. Hence, he is the ancient mythological equivalent of our bartender.
Baisakhi
Nothing stirs a Sikh like Baisakhi does. It is a mega event – a religious festival, harvest festival and new year’s day all rolled into one. In April, this day marks the…
Qetesh, a goddess of love and beauty
Originally believed to be a Syrian deity, Qetesh was a goddess of love and beauty. Qetesh was depicted as a beautiful nude woman, standing or riding upon a lion, holding flowers, a…
Hinduism
It is not easy to define Hinduism, for it is more than a religion in the Western sense, as our Ancient History Guide sees it. Also known to practitioners as Sanatana Dharma,…
Ratha Yatra
Rath Yatra is observed on Aashad Shukla Dwitiya. On this day in Pushya Nakshatra a chariot of Subhadra and the Lord is paraded. This festival is celebrated in many parts of India,…