Ancient Near East

A test with the category link

I am testing the category part now I am testing...

Read More

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered one of the wonders of the ancient world. The Greek historian Herodotus described Babylon in great detail. King Nebuchadnezzar built them in 580 BC apparently for his wife Amytis, daughter of the Median King Astyages, who was homesick for the mountains and vegetation of her native land. The site was loc...

Read More

Mesha Stele Photo

Moabite Stone Language: Moabite (a West Semitic Language) Medium: basalt stone stele Size: 1.15 meters high, 60-68 centimeters wide Length: 35 lines of writing Honoree: Mesha, king of Moab (late 9th century BCE) Approximate Date: 830 BCE Place of Discovery: Dhiban [in modern Jordan] Date of Discovery: 1868 Current Location: Louvre Museum...

Read More

On the destruction of land by the Hyksos (Hatshepsut)

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

Dying and Rising Baal, Ugaritic Myths

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

Papyrus Anastasi III

Claim that Egyptian records support a centuries-long Exodus. Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

Campaign of Thothmosis III against Megiddo

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

Animal Sacrifice, Legend of King Keret

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More

The Report of a Frontier Official,Papyrus Anastasi VI

Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts...

Read More