For instance, the Standard of Ur uses semi precious stones and shell cut into relief to depict two different scenes. ... One side seems to depict the might of Ur and its army and king, the other tells the tale of the peace that Ur knew, possibly through the might of its army and ruler. ... Not to be outdone, the Mesopotamian people celebrated divine kingship in two larger than life examples. ... AEGEAN AND MYCENAEAN Two of the myths that everyone knows are the myth of the Minotaur and the myth of the Trojan War. ... It lay in the center of the labyrinth in the city of Mycenae of king Mino...

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Really, as verse 4 tells us: "And a great crowd coming together, and those in each city coming to him, he [when he saw this crowd coming to him] spoke by a parable..." ... Like the priest and Levite in the tale, we are sometimes guilty of walking away from the diseases of humanity. ...

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For over a thousand years, mankind has always feared the world of the unknown. Fear has always been man's most primal instinct since the dawn of time. Their irrational fear has led them to extreme paranoia and a strong feeling of hatred for anything that is unfathomable. But first, what exactly is ...

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