Tiglath Pilese referred to himself as unrivalled king of the universe, king of the four quarters..
Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...
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Faruq Zamani
Jun 26, 20159 min read
Ancient Cuneiform Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia
Before writing Around 3500 B.C., just before the birth of writing, Sumerians had already been maintaining a civilization for thousands of...
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Faruq Zamani
Jun 11, 20144 min read
Bizarre Sumerian Cities of the Anunnak
Shaduppum. Ain’t it a beauty? In 1945, on the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad, the ancient city of Shaduppum was discovered at Tell...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 23, 20144 min read
Sumerians Cosmology and the Universe
First there was ______, then there was ______, and the universe was created. It’s a pretty standard and simplified formula of how humans...
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Ryan Moorhen
Oct 20, 20135 min read
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II, the great king of Babylon, the one known for building one of the most elusive wonders of the ancient world. King...
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Ryan Moorhen
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 10, 20138 min read
Gudea Patesi of Lagash.
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jun 25, 20124 min read
The Mesopotamian Literature
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jun 5, 20125 min read
Part IV: Gilgamesh!
A statue of Gilgamesh overpowering a lion. It was found in Khorsabad, Iraq, at the palace of Sargon II. Now housed at the Louvre....
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Ryan Moorhen
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 28, 20126 min read
Part II: Hammurabi!
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....
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Ryan Moorhen
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Feb 14, 20121 min read
“The Mesopotamians”
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Dec 19, 20114 min read
How Queen Pu’abi and other royals got their servants for the afterlife at Ur
“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...
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Ryan Moorhen
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Dec 12, 20116 min read
A Case for Babylon
Walls of Babylon. (Source) Babylon is a name we hear often, in everything from biblical discussions to reggae song lyrics. Although it is...
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Ryan Moorhen
Nov 29, 20113 min read
The face of humanity is Mesopotamian
One of the most heartwarming things to read about while I prepare posts for this blog is when I read about individuals and organizations...
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Ryan Moorhen
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Nov 11, 20114 min read
One Lyre for humanity
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...
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Ryan Moorhen
Nov 4, 20112 min read
Let’s play Ur!
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...
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