Skip to content

Ancient World

Find every thing you what to know about the Ancient World history

Menu
Menu

Wooden tools

Posted on December 4, 2011

Wood, ivory, bone and stone have been used for making tools since earliest times. Wood has marvellous qualities for which it is used and loved to this day. It combines toughness and…

Mehet-Weret

Posted on November 22, 2011

Mehet-Weret was a cow goddess of the sky. Her name means “great flood”. In the age of the Pyramids, Mehet-Weret represented the waterway in the heavens, sailed upon by both the sun…

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

Posted on November 18, 2011

A magnificent and spacious bungalow in Delhi owned by Raja Jai Singh Amber (Jaipur) who commanded great respect and honour in the court of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb now enjoys the status of…

The Hindu View of Time

Posted on November 17, 2011

Most of us are accustomed to living life according to linear beliefs and patterns of existence. We believe everything has a beginning, middle and an end. But Hinduism has little to do…

The Sphinx

Posted on November 11, 2011

The Great Sphinx of Giza belongs to the Giza necropolis west of Cairo. The site is a plateau containing the three great pyramids of Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaura, together with the Sphinx…

Nut, goddess of the sky and heavens

Posted on November 1, 2011

Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens. Daughter of the air god Shu and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture, in the Heliopolitan genealogy. She was typically depicted as a woman…

Ba-Pef

Posted on October 31, 2011

Ba-Pef means “That Soul”, and the demonstrative adjective “pef” has an indication of dread or hostility. This is an old deity, as we learn from the Pyramid Text that the king passes…

Sekhmet

Posted on October 27, 2011

God of divine retribution, vengeance, and conquest, have the appearance of a woman with the head of a lioness. Sekhmet means “The Mighty One,” and she was one of the most powerful…

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 22 23 24 … 39 Next
  • Ancient Asian World
  • Ancient Egypt World
  • Architecture
  • Festivals & Celebrations
  • God & Divinity
  • God & Godess
  • King of Egypt
  • People & Culture
  • Tools & Invention
  • Vedas
©2025 Ancient World | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme