Rare 2,800-Year-Old ᴀssyrian Scarab Amulet Found In Lower Galilee
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Erez Avrahamov, a 45-year-old inhabitant of Peduel, made an incredible discovery while hiking in the Tabor Stream Nature Reserve located in Lower Galilee. He stumbled upon an ancient seal shaped like a scarab that dates back to the First Temple period. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority This ancient artifact is as […]
Thogcha – Thousand-Year-Old Tibetan Amulets And The Bon Culture
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Enigmatic small amulets known as’ thokchas’ (thogchags) are made of iron, meteoric iron, or, as Tibetans say, “sky metal” or “sky-iron” denote tekтιтes and meteorites, which are often high in iron content. Tibetan thokcha, showing crouching lion in centre. Credit: Clemensmarabu – CC BY-SA 3.0 “Thogcha,” heavenly iron or sky […]