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View this email in your browser Premium Discounts |  Contact   Love is a Battlefield: The Legend of Ishtar, First Goddess of Love and War As singer Pat Benatar once noted, love is a battlefield . Such use of military words to express intimate, affectionate emotions is likely related to love’s capacity to bruise and confuse. So it was with the world’s first goddess of love and war, Ishtar, and her lover Tammuz. In ancient Mesopotamia - roughly corresponding to modern Iraq, parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait and Turkey - love was a... Read More... Ancient Inca Festival Celebrating Sun God, Once Practiced in Secret, is Revived in Peru Every year on June 24, Cusco in Peru celebrates the Inti Raymi, a tribute festival to the venerated Inca Sun God Inti. As TRT World reports , the festival draws thousands of local and international guests to the ancient Inca capital to commemorate one of the most significant events of the calendar year. During Inca times, more than twenty-five thousand Read More... Could Plastic Bottles Made by Ancient Americans be the Cause of their Health Decline? According to Wired, scientists believe that ancient Native Americans living in California made their own plastic water bottles. However, they probably didn’t know how toxic the manufacturing process of these bottles may have been for their health. In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health a few days ago, scientists attempt to find out if bitumen, a material... Read More... Medieval Sword in Excellent Condition Accidentally Found in a Peat Bog in Poland An excavator operator who was working in a peat bog in Poland last month, accidentally discovered a magnificent 14th century longsword, which is in an extremely good condition. Experts believe that this is a unique find to the region. As Gizmodo reports, Wojciech Kot, an excavator operator who discovered the long-sword in the peat bog in the Polish municipality of Mircze... Read More...   You Might Like