Something strange can be found in the deep deserts of the world. Odd, crescent shaped…
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Mušḫuššu is, according to Babylonian myths, a dragon with a very thin and scaly body.…
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On display in the British Museum, amongst the artifacts of a hundred ancient and lost…
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Myths & Legends
(List) Mother of Monsters: The Eleven Children of Tiamat
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenTiamat, primordial goddess-monster of chaos, was the mother of the Babylonian pantheon. Her story has…
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Unexplained MysteriesMyths & Legends
The Anunnaki: The First Family of Gods?
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanBefore Jesus and the God of the Hebrews, before Jupiter and Zeus, before even the…
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When it comes to biblical lore there is one character so shrouded in mystery and…
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Ibn Battuta is widely regarded as one of the greatest explorers in history. But sadly,…
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In the last free decades, Iraq has had the distinction of being in a war…
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Myths & Legends
Ugallu: Lion Headed God-Monster of Babylonian Life Insurance
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenIn the beginning, god created eleven mythical monsters because of her concern over the actions…
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History
Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh: Secrets of the Oldest Surviving Arabic Cookbook
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenFrom our perspective and looking back at human history, we are extremely lucky that anything…
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Nabonidus, the final monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruled from 556-539 BC. He claimed the…
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Archaeology
The Comedy Stylings of Ancient Sumer and the Oldest Joke in the World
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenStop me if you’ve heard this one before: a dog walks into a bar, but…
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Human conflict has been responsible for more destruction than almost any other force imaginable, and…
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Sumer was one of the first great civilizations in human history. Located in Mesopotamia, Sumer…
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Everybody’s heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world. As a collection of our…