On Mountains

On Mountains is a project that explores the intellectual and cultural history of mountains, from myth to modernity, run by Jeremy Bassetti. It features research notes, interviews, essays, and book reviews.

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Mountains and Sacred Peaks in the Torah
08 Sep 26
New Mountain Book: 'The Pyrenees' by Colin Duncan Taylor
20 Aug 26
The Lord to the Living One's Mountain: A Sumerian Gilgamesh Story
15 Jul 26
The Enuma Elish and the High Temples of Babylon
13 Jul 26
New Mountain Book: 'Upland' by Ed Douglas
09 Jul 26
The Temple as Mountain in the Sumerian Gudea Cylinders
07 Jul 26
Mountains in the Epic of Gilgamesh
01 Jul 26
Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña — A Documentary About Faith
13 Mar 26
Our Lady of Guadalupe's Mountain: Tepeyac Hill
09 Mar 26
The Carpathians as Protectors: Mountains as Active Protectors and Agents
29 Dec 25
A New Mountains Podcast: 'Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures'
22 Dec 25
Mountains in Kalidasa's 'The Birth of Kumara'
17 Nov 25
Mountains, Mary, and Modern Bolivia
21 Oct 25
The Temple as Mountain in the Torah
13 Oct 25
The Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña: Mountains and Materialism in the Bolivian Andes
08 Oct 25
Mountains in the Book of Deuteronomy
26 Sep 25
The Arc'teryx Fireworks Controversy in Tibet Reveals Our Cultural Blind Spots
24 Sep 25
Mountains in the Book of Numbers
28 Jul 25
Mountains in the Book of Leviticus
21 Jul 25
'Sacred Mountains of the World' with Ed Bernbaum
16 Jul 25
Mountains in the Book of Exodus, Part 2
14 Jul 25
Mountains in the Book of Exodus, Part 1
07 Jul 25
Mountains in the Book of Genesis
20 Jun 25
Did Jesus Die On a Hill?
28 May 25
Ziggurats, Nippur, and Cuneiform Tablets: Richard Zettler on Mesopotamian Archaeology
19 May 25
'Mountains Before Mountaineering' with Dawn Hollis
05 May 25
Introducing 'On Mountains'
04 May 25
Review: 'Mountains Before Mountaineering' by Dawn Hollis
10 Jan 25
Some Notes on Shiva, Parvati, and Mountains
02 May 24
The Hindu Temple as Mountain
10 Mar 24
Manufactured Mountains
02 Mar 24
Ceremonies on the Shores of Lake Titicaca
14 Apr 23
Mountains in Sumerian Creation Myths
04 Aug 21
Reading Mountains as Cultural Phenomena
08 Mar 21
Axis Mundi and the Sacred Mountain
25 Feb 21