A 4,000-Year-Old Silver Goblet May Preserve One of Humanity’s Earliest Visions of the Cosmos
A small silver cup, barely taller than a matchbox, is reshaping how archaeologists think about the origins of cosmic thought. Known as the ʿAin Samiya…
Ain Samiya goblet
A 4,000-Year-Old Silver Goblet May Depict a Cosmic Creation Sequence — Not the Enuma Elish Myth
A new study is challenging long-held assumptions about one of the most enigmatic artworks from the Bronze Age Levant. The ˁAin Samiya goblet—an 8-centimeter silver…