Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins seeks to uncover, what we believe, is one of the most important pieces of knowledge we can acquire as human beings — our beginnings.
The Mythical Dilmun and The Island of the Dead
In Sumerian mythology, the mythical Dilmun was known as the bright and pure land, a paradise where sickness and death did not exist. The land of Dilmun was filled with divinely ordained and abundant water sources, brought forth from the subterranean realm by Utu/Shamash — the sun god — at the behest of Enki. These waters transformed a formerly dry land into a literal garden of the gods, where the mother goddess Ninhursag tended sacred plants. Various deities were believed to have made Dilmun their home, including Enki himself. But where was Dilmun and can we find traces of it still today?
