today’s underworld tour is the realm of the Mesopotamian underworld – Irkalla. Our odyssey begins at the moment of passing, as the soul leaves the mortal realm, embarking on a treacherous ...

She is the Goddess who has the power and ability to control or silence one’s enemies, especially those who try to harm you through speech, lies, or legal entanglements.

Amber Iman lives up to the title of a musical about the divine gift of song.

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The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three Victorian amateurs were determined to solve the puzzle.

A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some Bronze Age societies shifted from egalitarianism to more rigid class ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy. The ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think.

In the ancient era, Venus Victrix, who borrowed her ties to military might from Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of war and sexual love, was often shown in full armor.

Archaeology Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music maker played for Mesopotamian royalty 4,500 years ago News By Kristina Killgrove published 23 December 2024 ...