Mesopotamian Mythology Archive

Ellen Lloyd -  AncientPages.com - In recent years, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software has enabled researchers to decipher many ancient cuneiform texts. However, some artifacts are too fragile

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge of Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets. Cuneiform clay tablets represent one of the most

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An interesting – though only fragmentary – Babylonian myth tells the story of Anzu/Zu (‘the wise one’), the bird god, whose home is

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Lamashtu Plaque' (or 'Hell Plaque') was an Assyrian healing device against the female demon Lamashtu and her evil doings. Protection plaque against Lamashtu

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Babylonian mythology, Irkalla was a shadowed underworld - a realm from which there was no return. It was the land beyond the

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - The ancient civilization of Sumer still hides many secrets. Representatives of this unique culture left behind many art pieces, pottery, writing, hydraulic engineering,

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Mesopotamian myth and legends, there are stories about very curious-looking beings known as the Apkallu. These fish-man hybrids, occasionally depicted with bird

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is not the earliest literary source to mention Gilgamesh, the fifth ruler of Uruk and a demigod whose superhuman

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient story of the great Flood has been retold worldwide. We find accounts of the event in many ancient cultures around the