Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS IN EPHESUS The colossus would ... Travelers entered the city through the Ishtar Gates, inlaid with blue glazed bricks bearing images of lions, bulls and dragons, only to ...

Its author describes the cult and temple of the goddess of North Syria ... the Aramaic form of the goddess Astarte or Ishtar. The Syrian Goddess; Being a translation of Lucian's “De Dea Syria ...

The plan of the citadel. (View of Asurnasirpal II's palace with a view of the ziggurat associated with the Ninurta Temple). The citadel (which includes Asurnasipal II's Palace and the main temples to ...

There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...

The original Ishtar Gate (left, a 1980s replica ... which flowed through the heart of the city. The most elaborate temple, in the city center, was dedicated to Marduk, the patron god of Babylon ...

Astarte was a Canaanite and Phoenician goddess who originated from the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna or Ishtar. She was associated with love ... the Covenant of the Israelites and placed it in the ...

Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott pick the top 10 best films of 2009. Michael Phillips picks Pixar's 'Up' as the best film of '09. A.O. Scott chooses Spike Jonze' 'Where the Wild Things Are' as his best ...

A new statue of Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates from the angel Moroni has been added to Temple Square. An update has ...