An aerial view of the Sumerian temple. Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ningirsu, the Mesopotamian god of springtime thunder, the ...

When it was made: The Neo-Assyrian period, circa 900 to 600 B.C. This small, bronze figurine is the best-known depiction of the Mesopotamian god Pazuzu, who was the inspiration for modern demons ...

In Black Adam #1, we met Malik White. Descendent of Teth-Adam, and destined, in future DC Comics solicitations, to be "youthful successor" to Black Adam wearing a white version of his classic suit, ...

Close up of the giant statue to the god Nabu stood at the entrance of the Temple of Nabu which is now housed in the Iraq Museum in Iraq. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP / CC BY-SA 4.0) Nestled in the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sumerian Blood: Gilgamesh against the Gods The deep sands of the desert are blend with the blood of Sumerian who fought in the battle that shaped the fate ...

The storm god Iškur is trapped in the netherworld. Without him in the sky, the rivers will dry up—the grasses, cows and people will die. A lone Fox volunteers to traverse worlds to rescue him, armed ...

There are a great many things which we use every day, which are so normal that we take them for granted. Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is professor emeritus of history and humanities at Moreno ...

Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and parts ...

What happened to the ancient Aztec, Babylonian, Celtic, Egyptian, Greek, Mayan, Norse, Roman and Sumerian gods and goddesses? God seems to be becoming diverse. With indifference towards religion and ...