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Ashur – First Capital And Powerful Religious Center Of The Assyrian Empire

AncientPages.com | June 28, 2019

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The beginnings of the city of Ashur, (also known as Assur) date back to the third millennium. The city was located about sixty

Votive relief showing evil bird-god Anzu/Imdugud, during the rule of Entemena, King of Lagash, 2400 BC. Credits: Louvre

Babylonian Story Of Bird-God Anzu ‘The Wise One’ And His Underworld Realm

AncientPages.com | December 10, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Only a fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were