Ishtar Gate mušḫuššu frieze (Photo courtesy of P. Hunt, 2016) By Cheryl Solis – Aller Anfang ist heiter; die Schwelle ist der Platz der Erwartung. “Every beginning is joyful; the threshold is the place of expectation.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, ca. 1796 Many have marveled at the Ishtar […]
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King Nabopolassar, Ancient Babylonian “Archaeologist” ?
By Patrick Hunt – Most readers of history will recall how the mighty juggernaut Assyria finally fell at the hands of the rebel Babylonians and how Nineveh was sacked in 612 BCE at the able hands of Nabopolassar, Babylon’s new warlord king. Fewer readers know he rebuilt temples in […]

