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Aug 20, 20132 min read

Archaeologists and Mesopotamia

About the only connection between Germany and Mesopotamia that comes to my mind is the Mesopotamian collection at the Pergamon Museum in...

Mar 21, 20128 min read

Part III: Ashurbanipal!

Ashurbanipal, portrayed as a priest. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assurbanipal_als_hogepriester.jpg) He looks the most...

Feb 18, 20127 min read

Part I: Sargon!

You saw him in the video wearing a helmet, playing bass guitar and grinning at the end with bugs crawling all over his teeth…he is...

Dec 14, 20113 min read

8 Gifts for the ‘Mesopotamianiac’

We’re in the homestretch, and gift-giving season is zipping by, so I thought I’d whip up a gift guide for that Mesopotamianiac in your...

Nov 22, 20113 min read

Who murdered King Sennacherib?

King Sennacherib profile. (Source) And we continue with the story of Sennacherib, the Assyrian king, who made Nineveh his capital and...