Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed the largest lamassu ever found, a massive winged bull with a human head that once guarded King Esarhaddon’s throne room in ancient Nineveh. The sculpture was around six meters (20 feet) high, much bigger than the celebrated examples at the British Museum and the Louvre, which are between 3.5 […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ref: Naked Bible Podcast #89 The concept of “books” in Heaven is borrowed from Sumer and Mesopotamia. The more ancient concept is “tablets of destinies”. Heiser approaches t…| Radix Fidem Blog
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 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