Introducing Marduk, who was not just the chief god of Babylon but also the chief god of all Mesopotamia. Marduk was the chief god of...

The Story uncovered and pieced together by archeologists and scholars has to do with creating the world and humanity. This is a...

There are many theories about the origins of humanity. You may have heard some of the theories surrounding the origins of humanity. The...

The first thing to know about the Anunnaki is that there is no single understanding of who they were or their role in the mythology....

When the city of Uruk was first excavated in the mid-nineteenth century, it was found to be split in half, with one section walled off....

In December 1846, while working with his excavation team at Nimrud(ancient Kalhu or biblical Calah), located in northern Mesopotamia in...

Shamshi-Adad V commissioned a stela that was excavated in Kalhu, which is remarkable for its record of the succession crisis that...

Ashurnasirpal I, (flourished 11th century BC), king of Assyria 1050–32 BC, when it was at a low ebb in power and prosperity caused by...

Ur-Nammu 2060 BC, king of the ancient city of Ur, sometimes called Zur-Nammu or Ur-Engur. He founded a new Sumerian dynasty, the third...

Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu; c. 1750–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon, ruling from 1750 BC to...

The art produced by the Urartu civilization, which flourished in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran from the 9th to...

The origins of urban settlements have generally been attributed to the riverine societies of southern Mesopotamia (in what is now...

The Sumerian civilization emerged upon the flood plain of the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers about 4000 B.C. The social...

How and where did the great Sumerian civilization come from? Many scientists have been and are still struggling to solve the mystery of...

The city of Nineveh is first mentioned in Genesis 10. Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter...

This pyramidal stele bears a long cuneiform inscription in Akkadian. Erected by Manishtusu (2270-2255 BC), son of Sargon and third king...

Susa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Excavations have uncovered evidence of continual habitation dating back to 4200 BCE. Susa...

A priest in prayer before the symbols for Marduk, chief god of Babylon, and Nabu, god of wisdom and writing. Neo-Babylonian, 7th-6th BCE

This courtyard houses the impressive remains of the palace inaugurated by King Sargon II in Khorsabad (northern Iraq) in 706 BC. The...

Babylonian Mesopotamian Goddess Ishtar Ashtart Sculpture Statue - Louvre Museum, Paris. 2000 B.C. So common in the Mesopotamian area...