History

Banquet of Ashurnasirpal

The Banquet of Ashurnasirpal II is a famous relief sculpture that depicts a lavish feast held by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in 879 BC to celebrate the completion of his new palace at Kalhu (modern-day Nimrud). The relief is carved into a large slab of alabaster and measures over 10 feet tall by 7 feet wide. The relief depicts Ashurnasirpal ...

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Ancient Near East (Babylonia) Glossary and Texts

The Ancient Near East (Babylonia) Glossary and Texts is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the study of ancient Babylonian culture and language. It is edited by renowned scholars Hermann Hunger and Johannes Renger, and it includes contributions from a number of leading experts in the field. The glossary contains over 2,500 entries, defi...

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Warfare in the Ancient Near East

Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History Author: William J. Hamblin...* recruitment and training of the infantry * the logistics and weaponry of warfare * the shift from stone to metal weapons * the role played by magic * narratives of combat and artistic representations of battle * the origins and developme...

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height....

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Babylon Lingua

Language: Akkadian. Links and fonts....

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Mesopotamian Year Names

Neo-Sumerian and Old Babylonian Date Formulae. The list of more than 2,000 year names which is made accessible here has been compiled as a tool for the dating of cuneiform tablets as well as for supporting historical studies on early bookkeeping techniques. This tool essentially consists of a collection of date formulae in administrative documents ...

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NASA Observatorium Education- Ubar: The Lost City

The legend goes like this: Ubar, a rich and fabulous trading center of ancient Arabia rose out of the desert and then mysteriously vanished back into the sands. References to Ubar in the Koran, the Arabian Nights, and countless Bedouin tales told around desert campfires have captivated the imaginations of explorers and archaeologists. But all searc...

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