Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... the mighty, god of Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world): Lugal-ushumgal ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It ...

For the first time ever, a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a ...

A free community shred event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Roosevelt Student Wellness Center ...

The merkavah is, within the realm of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought, a vehicle that transports the Divine throne or ...

Researchers have found chemical evidence of wine consumption in ancient Troy, confirming a theory by Heinrich Schliemann.

A scientist claims to have 'found' the true location of the Garden of Eden, but reckons it's in a different part of the world ...

The next verse [6] states: “They will shepherd the land of Assyria with swords , the land of Nimrod [Mesopotamia] at its entrances; and He [God] will deliver us from the Assyrian when he ...