archaeology

Nebra Sky Disk : ネブラ・ディスク

Nebra Sky Disk : ネブラ・ディスク

Category : archaeology
Date : September 30, 2015
The Nebra sky disk is a bronze disk of around 30 cm diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg, with a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols. These are interpreted generally as a sun or full moon, a lunar crescent, and stars (including a cluster interpreted as the Pleiades)....
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Mohenjodaro : モヘンジョダロ

Mohenjodaro : モヘンジョダロ

Category : archaeology
Date : September 28, 2015
Mohenjo-daro (Sindhi: موهن جو دڙو‎, Urdu: موئن جو دڑو‎, IPA: [muˑənⁱ dʑoˑ d̪əɽoˑ], lit. Mound of the Dead; English pronunciation: /moʊˌhɛn.dʒoʊ ˈdɑː.roʊ/) is an archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and...
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Etemenanki : エ・テメン・アン・キ

Etemenanki : エ・テメン・アン・キ

Category : archaeology
Date : September 25, 2015
Etemenanki: name of the large temple tower in Babylon, also known as the Tower of Babel. Its Sumerian name E-temen-an-ki means “House of the foundation of heaven on earth”. Dedicated to Marduk in the city of Babylon of the 6th century BCE Neo-Babylonian dynasty. The Etemenanki is described in a...
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Oldest known composed music : 世界最古の楽曲

Oldest known composed music : 世界最古の楽曲

Category : archaeology
Date : September 16, 2015
The Hurrian songs are a collection of music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient Amorite[2][3]-Canaanite[4] city of Ugarit which date to approximately 1400 BC. One of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian hymn to Nikkal (also known as the Hurrian cult hymn or...
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