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Engineer claims he found the Garden of Eden and maps the spot
The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...
Assyrian cuneiform tablet from Kanesh(Courtesy of the Yale Babylonian Collection/Photography by Alberto Urcia/Text NBC 1907) Harvard University Assyriologist Gojko Barjamovic is currently ...
Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...
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A 500-year “Bible map” still shapes modern borders
The first printed Bible to include a map of the Holy Land appeared roughly 500 years ago, yet its vision of where sacred ...
Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More than ...
A list for history lovers, curious minds and anyone fascinated by lost empires, ancient power and the stories that still influence the world today., Books, Times Now ...
Lamassu are human-headed, eagle-winged, bulls or lions that once protected cities in Mesopotamia. They were believed to be very powerful creatures, and served both as a clear reminder of the king’s ...
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