A horizontal zigzag frieze wraps itself around the Praça do Comércio’s facade. It is intersected with downward-pointing ...

Pazuzu was one of many ancient Mesopotamian supernatural beings that blurred the line between god and monster. Historian Dr ...

Abdullah al-Jlihawi, who lives in Diwaniya province bordering Karbala, believes that “foreigners care more about our heritage than we do”. One of the world’s oldest churches is crumbling ...

Rising 47 stories, the towers boast a contemporary design inspired by ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurats. The architectural concept features Ziggurat-shaped bases incorporating unique hanging gardens ...

Three ziggurats rose into the sky far above the ... Scores of temples served by a caste of priests catered to the Mesopotamian deities and their followers. Stone slabs paved wide streets; high ...

They date back to the Akkad period (2300BC-2150BC), which, Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian history—featuring charismatic kings such as Naram-Sin ...

ziggurats, and irrigation systems, likely incorporated elements from the Mittani, who had ties to the Indus Valley. This integration of Indian and Mesopotamian knowledge may have shaped Sumerian ...

Ziggurat of Ur. Credit: flickr / Joshua McFall CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered an extensive irrigation system, including canals and farms, near Sumerian Eridu, an ancient Mesopotamian ...

I began to imagine this narrative set in an antediluvian, ancient Mesopotamian setting, with ziggurats and Sumerian mythology and proto-Canaanite gods—which is not how I pictured Genesis growing ...

In all great writings, such as literature and song lyrics, the writer often associates certain emotions with body parts. If a person sees a crush, they may feel ”butterflies in their stomach.” If a ...