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 ...

An ancient poem written in the dying days of Mesopotamia has been rediscovered after more than 2,000 years. Researchers at ...

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

Recent studies suggest parts of the park may have been initiated during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (circa 825 BCE), but ...