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What was it like to live in Old Babylon?
At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...
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The Enuma Elish: How the Babylonians Told the Story of Creation First
One of the oldest creation myths we know of, Enuma Elish is the tale of how the gods and humans and the world as we know it ...
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Who Is the Real Hero of ‘Paradise Lost?’
The English poet John Milton grappled with this question in his famous epic, Paradise Lost, first published in 1667. And Alan ...
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The Egyptian Goddess that Rome Adopted
The Egyptian goddess Isis was one of the most revered deities of the ancient world, but her influence didn’t stop at Egypt’s borders. Over time, she became a central figure in Greco-Roman religion, ...
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"The Fox That Rescued The Storm God": 4,400-Year-Old Sumerian Tablet With Previously Unknown Myth Analyzed For First Time
A scholar has recently discovered a previously unknown Sumerian myth inscribed on a long-overlooked 4,400-year-old tablet.