In the 6th-century BC, the armies of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah. They tore down the town walls, burnt the temples, and ran down eve...
Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions who once shielded cities in Mesopotamia. They have been thought to be very strong animals, and functio...
In 1976, in his book “The 12th Planet”, the late author Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010) introduced the controversial hypothesis that modern humans did not evolv...
Genies (or jinn, as they are better known in the world) are supernatural beings with origins in early Mesopotamian legends. Jinn, nevertheless, aren’t the la...
Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions that once protected cities in Mesopotamia. They were believed to be very powerful creatures, and serve...
In the latter half of the third millenium B.C., the stretched across vast swaths of Mesopotamia, helmed by Sargon of Akkad and his descendants. The speech of...