The top center section of the tablet includes an estate and field of Marduk, the patron god of Babylon. Says Jones, “What we see here is that Marduk is beginning to usurp Enlil’s place and is ...

According to Mesopotamian mythology, Marduk was the God of Creation and the patron God of Babylon who was also revered as the god of justice, compassion, healing and magic. The Imago Mundi was ...

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

By following established guidelines, the excavation team aims to protect the cultural heritage of Babylon while making important contributions to the field of archaeology. This excavation is part of a ...

Archaeology is the scientific study of the material remains ... You can visit the places listed in Scripture, like Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Athens, Corinth, Babylon, Nineveh, Capernaum, and so on. There ...

The original Seven Wonders of the World were a classical must-see list, complied some 2,200 years ago in a document known as ...

Greece’s highest mountain, Mount Olympus, has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas is 2,917 m (9,570 ft) and, ...

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Kristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her articles have also appeared in venues such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss.