Pazuzu is a demon from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, often depicted with a lion-like face, bird talons, wings and a serpent ...

In 1849 archaeologists found 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing during excavations in Iraq, the translation of these ...

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One member of the minority religious community found asylum in Europe and sends home his meager grocery store wages.

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

Over time, our connection with these deities has evolved from devotion to embodiment, guiding us into connecting with “the ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

Religion was also important, and people worshipped a number of Sumerian gods. The Sumerians worshipped thousands of gods — perhaps as many as 3,000 — from An, the Lord of the Sky, to Ereshkigal, the ...

He is flanked by the ancient Mesopotamian gods Ashur and Ishtar, and they are followed by a fish deity and a scorpion man. The inclusion of these gods was a surprise, the team noted.

At its peak in the third millennium BC—from around 2600BC to 2200BC—it was a megacity covering hundreds of hectares, and revered as a sanctuary of the Sumerian heroic god Ningirsu.