Scholars have found a 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn praising the city, its citizens, and deity Marduk, with the help of A.I.

A clay fragment no larger than a postcard sat untouched in a Baghdad storeroom. Now its words sing again, thanks to ...

The full hymn was scattered among fragmented pieces of clay tablet, but using an AI program, experts were able to piece ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

For people living in the ancient city of Babylon, Marduk was their patron god, and thus it is not a surprise that Babylonian astronomers took an interest in tracking the comings and goings of the ...

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

Esagila: Babylon’s principal deity Marduk, his wife Zarpanitu, and his son Nabu were all worshipped together at this temple complex. ILLUSTRATION by ANTONIO M. GARCÍA DEL RÍO.

A Babylonian boundary stone (ca. 1156–1025 B.C.) depicts the mušhuššu—a hybrid lion-dragon creature associated with Babylon’s chief god Marduk—facing an altar that is topped with a ...