Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system. In the fertile valley between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates the earliest cities ...

Mesopotamian deities shared many human experiences, with gods marrying, procreating and sharing households and familial duties. However when love went wrong, the consequences could be dire in both ...

Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ningirsu, the Mesopotamian god of springtime thunder, the British Museum has reported.

The divine procession ls led by Hadad, Mesopotamian god of storms (far right, clutching a trio of lightning bolts); the moon god Sîn; the sun god Šamaš; and Atargatis, the region’s goddess of ...

Religion und Politik > Forschung > Forschungsprojekte. (A2-25) Serving the gods and the king – political, economic and social interaction in the sphere of cultic-religious institutions in Mesopotamia ...

Some of popular culture’s most famous ghosts and demons have roots in ancient Mesopotamia. What did ... (1984), Sigourney Weaver’s Dana is possessed by Zuul, a minion of the fictional god ...

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed. ... he is shown wearing a horned crown, resembling, Rey adds, “a god-like figure”.