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If you’re someone like me who sometimes has a difficult time picturing ancient history, here are some of my favorite and accurate artistic representations/photos of mesopotamia This drawing is my

Although I understand the intention, I think uncritically posting photos of Agatha Christie and her imperial / orientalist "travels" through Iraq is irresponsible. For many, Iraqis in particular, this isn't

Okay here goes! As promised, a thread to show you how to translate, from the original Babylonian cuneiform, a law from the Code of Hammurabi We’re going to translate together

I think ppl may have a difficult time understanding why the theft of artifacts by western museums is so especially damning and heartbreaking. For that reason, I want to write

"Anum, father of heaven... in the ritual act I perform... put here truth!" As promised, here's a thread showing you all a little bit how I translate cuneiform, so you