(We teach this to our daughters?) Plus, she comes from such a proud Jewish family: our heroes are so assimilated they bear the names of pagan gods, Marduk and Ishtar. But naughty comedy becomes ...
According to the Sages, it was Esther who asked the Jewish community to write the Megillah, so that they would remember her: ...
The Tower of Babel was a symbol of the might of the ancient city of Babylon, but why does it no longer exist? Or did it ever.
His unquenchable bloodthirst has inspired songs by several extreme metal bands, from Marduk to Macabre and countless others. By contrast, Stoker’s Dracula was a more darkly romantic figure, ...
The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world.
Bel (Marduk) was the primary Babylonian god ... He placed these sacred vessels from God’s Temple in the house of his gods. Belshazzar wasn’t Nebuchadnezzar’s direct successor but the son of Nabonidus, ...
His unquenchable bloodthirst has inspired songs by several extreme metal bands, from Marduk to Macabre and countless others. By contrast, Stoker’s Dracula was a more darkly romantic figure, and the ...