A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...