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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately ...

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.

Glory to Marduk and Nabu A sixth-century B.C. seal shows a priest praying before symbols of Marduk, patron of Babylon, and Nabu, god of writing and learning. Nebuchadrezzar’s name invokes the ...