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2013 Enheduanna Award for Excellence in Women-Centered Literature celebrates the life and work of the first writer of record, Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2013 Sofia University’s (formerly Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) Center for the Sacred Feminine and Women’s Spirituality MA Program hosted their annual celebration honoring Enheduanna’s birthday. Enheduanna, Sumerian High Priestess to the goddess Inanna, is the first writer of record,...

ATHENS, Greece -- British and Greek archaeologists are preparing a major excavation on a tiny Greek island to try to explain why it produced history's largest collection of Cycladic flat-faced marble figurines.Artwork from barren Keros inspired such artists as Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore but also attracted ruthless looters. Now experts are seeking insight into the island's possible role as a major religious center of the enigmatic Cycladic civilization some 4,500 years ago.Excavations will...