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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 ...
One of the most ancient goddesses, Innanna, feels aligned with Capricorn’s old soul nature. Innana was the mentee of Enki, the creation myth Sumerian god who was depicted as half-fish, half-human.
Instead, this was a recurring motif in Mesopotamian theology. A variation of the same story appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and earlier still in Sumerian poetry. Each iteration changes names and ...
“In Mesopotamia, as early as 2900 BCE, priests and citizens marched with statues of deities such as the Babylonian god Marduk during the multi-day Akitu celebrations for the new year ...
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 ...
Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is a faithful adaptation of Judy Blume's beloved 1970 coming-of-age novel about kind, curious 11-year-old Margaret ...