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Some 3,500 years ago, prosperous merchants on Cyprus controlled the world’s most valuable commodity

From that region, migration spread to all of Syria, Iraq down to the Nile Delta. This migration started way before 6,000 years BC and established the later City-States along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Like for example Ugarit, Tarsus, Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, Akka, Gaza, Tanta all the way to Alexandria (Yes, Alexandria was a…

Phoenicia, ancient region along the eastern Mediterranean corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of modern Syria and Israel. Its location among major trade routes made the Phoenicians notable merchants, traders, and colonizers. The chief cities of Phoenicia included Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, and Beirut.

The Mesopotamian goddess Ningal is linked to dream divination, visions, and interpretation.

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan Ritch-Frel All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help ...

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities.

COVER STORYClimate change has become a buzzword, from the remotest corners of the world to the highest levels of international discourse. Its impact is now felt by every inhabitant of our planet. In the past five years alone, our world has grappled...

Canaan, area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centered on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. Biblically, Canaanites are identified in Genesis as descendants of Canaan, a son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

Get ready for the big April event with a stroll through history to explore the most significant solar eclipses to date.