Babylon’s Esagila Temple was home to a sacred statue embodying Marduk.(© Qahtan Al-Abeed/Courtesy UNESCO) Babylon’s New Year festival, held during the spring, was Marduk’s special holiday ...

Since 2003, Iraq’s elites have appropriated the country’s rich cultural heritage in the service of various undesirable agendas. These range from commercialization to the propagation of sectarian and ...

• Letter from Shulgi to Aradgu about Aba-indasa's letter • Letter from Puzur-Shulgi to Shulgi about enemy advance • Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about the fortress • Letter from Shulgi to ...

A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

These tablets were unearthed in the 19th century near the temple Esagila in Babylon and are now on display in the Middle Eastern Department of the British Museum, London. According to Prof.

near the temple Esagila, in the 19th century. But the more recent emergence of a 5th tablet helped illuminate the mathematics described on the first four. No drawings or shapes are included on the ...

Diamond drilling at the Esagila prospect returned 1.1m at 0.70 per cent nickel and 0.95 per cent copper from a depth of 360m. It was the best massive nickel sulphide intersection outside of the ...