Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...

A little too much eye makeup! (Source) A long while ago, I wanted to write about Ku-Baba, the only woman on the Sumerian King List. I...

Shaduppum. Ain’t it a beauty? In 1945, on the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad, the ancient city of Shaduppum was discovered at Tell...

Nebuchadnezzar II, the great king of Babylon, the one known for building one of the most elusive wonders of the ancient world. King...

Gudea, a Sumerian king who ruled the Sumerian city-state of Lagash between 2140 and 2120 BC, has been the subject of many statues, but...

There are very few women in ancient history who made their mark on the world with the full moral support of their fathers. Sargon the...

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

As part of “The Mesopotamians” band he is the lead singer with sharply side-swept hair, one visible eye, and a ring in his lower lip....

Since I try to keep things fun around here, even though it doesn’t seem like it at first glance (I wrote about asphalt!), I thought I’d...

“During the burial of a king in the Royal Tombs of Ur, men and women were sacrificed to be the servants of royalty in the afterlife. They...

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...

Walls of Babylon. (Source) Babylon is a name we hear often, in everything from biblical discussions to reggae song lyrics. Although it is...

One of the most heartwarming things to read about while I prepare posts for this blog is when I read about individuals and organizations...

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

When the Baghdad Museum was looted and vandalized in April 2003, most of us could only stand by and watch in horror as part of the...

The Royal Game of Ur, housed and on display at the British Museum. (Source) Okay, so I have an iPod Touch, and I’ve filled it with game...

If you like a good mystery and if you’ve been swept up into the hullabaloo of the authenticity of Shakespeare’s works as a result of the...