Inanna var den mäktigaste gudinnan i det forntida Sumer. Berättelserna om Inanna dominerade den sumeriska litteraturen, som är mänsklighetens äldsta skrivna litteratur. En …
Inanna var den mäktigaste gudinnan i det forntida Sumer. Berättelserna om Inanna dominerade den sumeriska litteraturen, som är mänsklighetens äldsta skrivna litteratur. En …
The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto …
Ur, one of the world’s first cities, was highly important politically and economically around 2600 – 2500 BC when the Sumerian rulers of the city were buried in tombs filled with …
Muinainen Lähi-itä on ensimmäisten todellisten suurvaltojen koti. Siellä muotoutuneiden sivilisaatioiden, kuten Sumerin, Assyrian ja Babylonian, perintö on kulkeutunut läpi …
Previous research on Mesopotamian Flood traditions tended to focus on a few textual sources. How the traditions originated and developed as a whole has not been seriously …
"Enki and the World Order," a Sumerian myth from the early second millennium BCE, depicts the god Enki's reconstitution of the Sumerian world after an unspecified catastrophe. The …
How were narratives composed in the ancient Near East? What patterns and principles, constraints and considerations guided the shaping of cuneiform stories? The study of narrative …
This book explores the role of material culture in the formation of corporeal aesthetics and beauty ideals in different past societies and thus contributes to the cultural …
The detonation of nuclear weapons in the 20th century was not the first time humanity has seen such terrible destruction. Drawing upon the work of Zecharia Sitchin, the Book of …
