THE ALUZINNU THE BABYLONIAN FOOL

We are often tempted to think that the ancients only made wars and atrocious vendettas, family feuds and other sad and serious things but it never occurred to us that even those peoples knew how to have fun and laugh. This state of things is definitely the fault of historians, focused on political and military

SEMIRAMID THE ENTERPRISING ASSYRIAN QUEEN

Smmu-Ramat or better known as Semiramide. This world-unknown name refers to the Assyrian queen who in 811 BC. she was the wife of the Assyrian king Shamshiadad V and regent of his son Adadnirari III. It is worth mentioning this character who was lost in the memory of humanity but who for that time had

IN THE TIME OF PHARAOH PETUBASTIS I

There is not much news of this pharaoh that, in fact, in 829 BC. a new dynasty begins. It seems he was already a participant in the pharaonic court as prince of Leontopolis, a well-known Egyptian town where it was not uncommon to see lions instead of cats. Some say that he was also a

ASSURNARSIPAL II AND THE RETURN OF THE ASSYRIANS

In recent years, compared to our stories, the Assyrians and their kings did not enjoy great consideration as they were very monotonous and intent on fighting for everything and eager to strike hands with the neighboring peoples, moreover without constructive, after all it seemed that they couldn’t do anything else … a bore! Moreover, all

THE RETURN OF THE HOLY STATUE OF MARDUK

While in Egypt the Ramses dynasty continues to churn out pharaohs whose usefulness eludes us and their presence is somewhat insipid, making their passage in history something absolutely irrelevant, even for the irony and implications of our free spirit. In the nearby, so to speak, Babylon is happening the exact opposite, a new batch of

1310 BC DON’T MAKE THE ASSYRIAN ANGRY

In the year 1310 BC the bloodiest confrontation in Mesopotamia takes place between the Assyrians and the Babylonians, a confrontation aimed at establishing the borders of their respective kingdoms. Between one movement and another of the customs with relative clashes and provocations it happens that in Mitanni, a land subject to the Assyrians but never

THE RETURN OF THE ASSYRIANS

This image has an empty alt attribute; the file name is uballit.jpgIn 1365 BC finally the kingdom of Assyria, so far and for a long time subdued, becomes independent from the kingdom of Mitanni and this did not happen through bloody insurrectional clashes but it happened thanks to the countless “lies” or lies told by

THE PEOPLE OF CASSITI

While we observe the mythical and legendary deeds of the pharaoh on duty, Thutmose III, in Babylon reigns, however, for some time now, a people considered barbarian who seems to originate from the mountains of Iran and on which it is worth dwelling for his interesting somatic features. The Cassita people speak the same language

THE STRANGE ASSYRIAN KINGS OF THE 15TH CENTURY BC

In the first half of the 15th century BC we are witnessing in the Middle East and more precisely among the Assyrian-Babylonians, to a succession of particular rulers whose characteristics, in the absence of more detailed information, leave room for imagination and the smile that inevitably assails us. In 1480 BC Enlil-nasir I is King

THE TOWER OF BABEL

In every self-respecting Babylonian city there had to be a tower in the center of the city, a sort of lift to heaven where Gods and men could alternately ascend and descend … with the only difference that for men it was only an ascent with no return while the gods could take a stroll