Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Near the start of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, there was a massive but largely forgotten battle between the Greeks and the Babylonians. Credit: wikimedia commons / Bazil Amin CC BY 4.0 About 2600 years ...

They date back to the Akkad period (2300BC-2150BC), which, Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian ... the mighty, god of Akkad, king of the four quarters ...

A new book, The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom at the University of Leicester, UK, pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian ...

With that idea in mind, as a historian of science, my best answer to the question of what the first scientists discovered is Babylonian astronomy. The Babylonians lived from about 2,500 to 4,000 ...

Today, Titan Forge hosted another Titan Talk video on Twitch discussing the next Smite 2 update. The stream covers several things coming to the MOBA in open beta six, the big ticket items being ...

The reason for this expression is that both Greek and Roman mythology are intricately linked. In fact, the Romans, as is known, adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. At least, that is what most ...

Getting into Smite can be a bit daunting, so we’re here today with a guide to Smite builds, and we’re going to go through some of the very best gods you can play as, including the best way to kit them ...