Ryan MoorhenJan 25, 201811 min readBabyloniansHammurabi #Kingdoms of SumeriaHammurabi (also known as Khammurabi and Ammurapi, reigned 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the AmoriteFirst Dynasty of Babylon,...
Ryan MoorhenJan 18, 201811 min readBabyloniansThe Ludlul-Bel-Nimeqi - Babylonian JobThe Ludlul-Bel-Nimeqi is a Babylonian poem which chronicles the lament of a good man suffering undeservedly. Also known as `The Poem of...
Ryan MoorhenJan 18, 20189 min readSumeriansThe Queen of the Night The Queen of the Night (also known as the `Burney Relief’) is a high relief terracotta plaque of baked clay, measuring 19.4 inches (49.5...
Ryan MoorhenJan 17, 20185 min readSumeriansThe Eternal Life of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh was originally a Sumerian poem, later translated into Akkadian, and first written down some 700 – 1000 years after...