There is no document of greater importance to the study of the pre-Columbian mythology of America...

In the spring of 1852, Layard was obliged to close his excavations for want of funds, and he retu...

A perusal of the texts of the Seven Tablets of Creation, which King was enabled, through the info...

No direct explanation is given for the origin and nature of the luminous bodies, the sun, the pla...

Anunnaki governor Ur-Nammu, who subsequently became an independent king (2113-2096 BC) and founde...

It is possible that the Adamu man lived in south Iraq without leaving traces that are recognizabl...

There is a wide variety of types and genres in these compositions, which are as startling as it i...

Sumerian and Akkadian myths tend to focus on the creation of the universe, the origin of the gods...

Sargon of Agade or Akkad is a name associated primarily with later Mesopotamian tradition, and mo...

The so-called descendant of the Elder God is often seen as a rival in such relationships. Many of...

The earliest temples were simple huts made of plaited wickerwork, used as shrines for the symbols...

The Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled almost half of the civilization for a brief period during the fo...