Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and parts ...

Have you ever wondered how one goddess could represent both passionate love and violent war at the same time? In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, few figures were as powerful, feared, and fascinating ...

Cylinder seal (modern impression) with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Akkadian period (ca. 2334–2154 BCE), Cuneiform inscription: “To the deity Niniškun, Ilaknuid, ...

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C. brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of artworks that capture rich and shifting expressions of women’s ...

Introduction / Julia M. Asher-Greve and Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Map of Mesopotamia -- Chronological table -- Gender theory and issues. On sexual differences and gender categories ; Changing gender ...

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The Anunnaki are among the most famous figures in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, appearing in Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian texts that span thousands of years. Often described as ...