Scholars have found a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn praising the city, its citizens, and deity Marduk, with the help of A.I.

The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

Babylonian civilization god Marduk, for example, only cares about order—good and evil are irrelevant to him—while jolly Poseidon is a deity of good, but also chaos.

In 1849, archaeologists discovered 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing in Iraq that narrate the story of the Anunnaki, meaning "Those who from heaven to Earth came." According to Zecharia ...

Still, to ask whether the human brain is hardwired to believe in god “sort of implies a hardwirer,” says Dr. Andrew Newberg, a professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and ...

There were some 3,000 Sumerian gods in ancient Sumer, and many of their stories have been preserved for thousands of years.

Roseanne Barr blamed God for the racist tweet that ended her career in 2018 -- while insisting that the viral upload was not racist.

The Friday Read Does Trump Actually Think He’s God? The president’s messianic rhetoric has soared since the assassination attempt.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods.