Mesopotamian Masterpieces Exquisite art and artifacts from the world’s earliest civilization are ... perhaps used in the making of a shield, depicts a deified ruler and the goddess Ishtar, ...

Modern impression from a cylinder seal with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar Mesopotamia, Akkadian Akkadian period (ca. 2,334–2,154 B.C.E.), detail.

Picking one period or dynasty to represent the entirety of this era was far too difficult. So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be ...

The Morgan Library & Museum presents “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C”, on view in New York through February 19, 2023.

The Ishtar Gate, named after a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, was one of eight gateways that provided entry to the inner city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (reign 605-562 ...

A little-known Mesopotamian poet and priestess, Enheduanna, is the subject of a new exhibition in New York. Diane Cole explores the political power she wielded.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has returned an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq following an internal review by the institution, which recently appointed a head of provenance ...