Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin) What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world ... of the world by Marduk, the chief god of Babylonia.

British Museum, London Photograph by Erich Lessing, Album Babylonian citizens ... spread of the cult of Marduk across Mesopotamia was proof of Babylon’s prestige. No ancient city was so desired ...

Above this cartographic marvel, a block of text narrates the cosmological genesis orchestrated by Marduk ... offering a tangible link to the ancient Babylonian understanding of the cosmos and ...

IN the past six years our knowledge of the ancient Babylonian mathematics has been vastly increased, thanks mainly to the labours of Dr. Neugebauer. The impulse to his researches seems to have ...

The Akitu Festival was celebrated in 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period ... you in this article and audio podcast. Ancient Assyrians-Babylonians celebrated the ...

The Akitu Festival was celebrated on 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period ... in this article and audio presentation. Ancient Assyrians-Babylonians celebrated ...