While I was researching accounts of homosexuality in Mesopotamian cultures, I came across this particular article: Homosexuality in the Ancient Near East, beyond Egypt by Bruce L. Gerig. In this article, the author states: Both Zimri-lin (king of Mari) and Hammurabi (king of Babylon) had male lovers, which the queen of Zimri-lin mentions matter-of-factly in a letter. Internet search only provided articles referring to Gerig's article as source. I looked through all the letters queen Shibtu (Z...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
A recent archaeological study in southern Iraq is redefining the history of the Zanj rebellion, a massive uprising that shook the Abbasid Caliphate between 869 and 883 CE. For centuries, it was recorded in the accounts—mostly written by medieval chroniclers like Al-Tabari and Al-Mas’udi—that the rebellion was a disaster that crippled the Basra economy and […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia. The ibex (Capra aegagrus), a wild goat native to Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa, was materially and religiously significant during prehistoric […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study is rewriting the history of ancient Sumer’s rise, long considered the cradle of civilization. The study, which was published in PLOS One, argues that the interplay of tides, rivers, and shifting coastlines at the head of the Persian Gulf played a determining role in establishing agriculture and urban life in Mesopotamia. The […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Another factor that strengthened the unity of the early village was the temple and its service. The immigrants from the north either brought with them or developed not long after their arrival an abiding faith in one special deity as the protector of their settlement, and with the building of their first houses they also […]| Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
Sibaram Das reflects on his visit to Lalish, the holiest site of the Yazidis in Iraq, exploring the interconnectedness of history, migration, and spirituality. He draws parallels between Yazidism a…| Indrosphere
The Sumerians invented kingship, priesthood, diplomacy, law, and war. They gave the West its founding stories: the opposition of darkness and light at the Beginning; the Flood, with its ark and dove and surviving patriarch; the tower of Babel; the distant ancestors of Odysseus and Hercules. The Sumerians established the outlines of our political, legal, […]| Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
Ancient Babylonian hymn rediscovered and decoded reveals rare insights into Mesopotamian life, nature, and women's roles.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
The story recounts the life of Sibtu, a priestess of the moon god Nanna in ancient Ur, highlighting her divine connection and powerful role within the temple. Chosen at a young age, she relinquishe…| Indrosphere
The timeless appeal of the world’s oldest customer complaint. Around 1750 BCE a customer named Nanni was purchasing copper ingots from Ea-nasir, a Mesopotamian copper dealer. However, Ea-nasir tried to give Nanni poorer quality ingots than he had ordered. After the fact Nanni wrote an angry cuneiform complaint letter and sent it to Ea-nasir. It […]|
En el origen de la escritura en Mesopotamia se encuentran las imágenes impresas por antiguos sellos cilíndricos en tablillas y otros artefactos de arcilla. El hallazgo proviene de un grupo de investigación de la Universidad de Bolonia que ha identificado una serie de correspondencias entre los motiv| La Brújula Verde
Why do so many religions feature a myth where a god dies and is resurrected? Why does this god die, and what can their death tell us about what religion is?| Historic Mysteries
