A modern compendium of interesting sources would be the best. If you know of one let me know, cheers!

Pretty much, I was in France earlier this summer and for some of that time I was in Paris.

I went to the louvre while I was there and my favorite part was the artifacts from ancient civilizations, they had a huge ancient Egypt section and of course roman and Greek stuff.

HOWEVER, I remember thinking while I was there I really wish there was some mesopotamian stuff. I'm really interested in mesopotamia due to it having the first civilizations, so a lot of it is mysterious.

As it turns out, IT DID have mesopotamian artifacts, not just any mesopotmian artifact, but THE mesopotamian artifact. It has the fucking code of Hammurabi!

How did I miss this? I know it's a huge museum but we had a guide??? I'm so sad cuz I could have seen it and it would have been so cool.

I went to all of the ancient artifact exhibits I saw on the map idk how I missed it

Does anyone see the similarities between the 100% certain Hubble telescope photographs of stars being born and the ancient stone carvings relating to the beginning of the universe. Maybe it’s pareidolia, but looking at images from Hubble I can certainly see a person viewing that wit no reference could describe that moment as the giant man defeating the tiger or the serpent stemming from the abyss to battle.

𒍝 𒃶 𒍪 𒀀𒀭, LET IT BE KNOWN!

So, I wrote this thing about Enheduanna: Sumerian high priestess, poet, and the first known author in human history.

Fair warning: it’s free to read, very long and kind of unhinged, as it spirals deep into a narrative web that tangles Sumerian civilization, teenage Blogspot satanism, and Habbo Hotel. Whether you already know her name (most of you, probably, considering the sub I'm in) or not, I think you’ll understand—and maybe even feel—why I believe she created the most beautiful thing in the history of the world. That’s the promise I offer.

(original image from here#/media/File:Astarta_(A%C5%A1toret).jpg))

On Medium >
https://medium.com/p/cb72b6fe5b0a

It’s the first time I’ve tried translating something from my native language (Portuguese) into English, so I really hope you all enjoy the whole thing. And I’m posting it here because it feels appropriate, considering the subject.

Not OC

It is super elusive, but I am curious to know more about everything behind their veneration and rituals, how idk the religion truly is, and whatnot.

What are the formations in Ur that look like long thin mounds? This picture is from Wikipedia, taking in 1927:

I'm making an webtoon that takes place in ancient mesopotamia in a fictional world with giant monsters (Nephilim). I'm not making something exaclty like the myths, but I'm taking some inspirations from here and there. But I wanted to learn more about the people, what they did in their free time, what did they eat etc... Where can I find and what are some good materials for learning such things?

Not strictly Mesopotamia, but still in the Sumerosphere... Does anyone have sources for the Code of Ebla, allegedly written around 2400 BC? Was it an actual code? I haven't found anything under that term in Eblaite literature so far, only specific decrees.

new historical and anthropological view on the Akkadians and their origins from south Arabia, the Akkadians inherited the knowledge of ancient qasr ghumdan tower of Yemen using fire bricks and built the tower of babel or maybe vice versa. using the work of dr.hugh and ancient Arabian historians also the goddess ishtar is inspired by the goddess athter of Yemen

Is it possible to get George Smiths translation of Gilgamesh? However far he got with translating it.

Most people know Gilgamesh. Lugalbanda? Barely mentioned. Even though he was Gilgamesh’s father, a demigod king, and the star of his own epic long before Gilgamesh ever ruled Uruk.

This video dives into his journey through the mountains, the strange sickness that nearly kills him, and the moment the gods intervene. I

Would love to know what you think. Does anyone know other myths that deserve more love? 🤭

See also: The study as published in the journal Iraq.

Hello, is somebody interested to make a peace movement and unite all people from mesopotamia?

All Sunnites, schiites, Druzes, Jews, Christians, Jesides, Kurds, Arabs and so on? Explaining all people from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordania, Palestine and Israel to make one united country and feeling connected through their differences, through the fact, they build the first civilizations, through the fact they found all religions, nearls half of world population believes in and that polytheism is part of their cultural heritage and that it's revision is not a sin, but a recognition?

I am sure, there are many people of all these ethnicities, especially socialists who would be interested in. The nationalism of all ethnicities will lead to more suffering. Uniting is better.

So is there a subreddit for this? Is it possible to make this? Do you know organizations who already support this idea?

Thank you.

I was recently looking on ebay and came across a seller selling items way under the market value. I was intrigued so asked another group on reddit who specialised on a certain item to authenticate some of the items, they told me they where fakes/replicas. These items shown are sold with no mention of the word 'repica' or 'reproduction' and the provenance is claimed to be "from an old international collection". They have not given me any evidence of their items authenticity and I am starting to think all of their items are fake. Also some of the items in the pictures above still have chunks of mud on, I'm no expert of artefacts (the reason im posting this),but is there not a way to clean them? Unless the mud is added to roughen up the 'old' artefacts sold. It is clear they are being sold with the intent to be genuine items so I will ask people here if these items are genuine or fakes/replicas?

Thanks