The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

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

An ancient poem written in the dying days of Mesopotamia has been rediscovered after more than 2,000 years. Researchers at ...

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...