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O Creator of the material world, at what distance from the holy man (should the place for the dead body be)?" Ahura Mazda replied: "Three paces from the holy man". (Vend. 8. 6-7) In September 2009 CE, one of my relatives...

Professor Farouk Al-Rawi (left) talks with Dr. Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (author; right) about the newly discovered Tablet II of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The interview was conducted at the Sulaymaniyah Museum on April 7, 2019 CE. Professor...

Dinars (gold coins) minted in the reign of Caliph Al-Amin (r. 809-813 CE) of the Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258 CE).

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain) Darband-i Basara (the Pass of Basara) is a narrow natural gorge which transects the anticlines of the upper part of the Qaradagh Mountain Range. The elevation is about...

Only this part of a large limestone stela has survived. At the lower end, there is a head of a man with a beard (originally painted with red). The hieroglyphic inscriptions read "the head lector priest, sole companion, ... stolist of the...

The Abbasids were an Arabic dynasty that initially ruled over most of the Islamic empire (save some western parts) after assuming the caliphate in 750 CE, later on, their empire fragmented, however, they retained spiritual supremacy as caliphs...

The Story Begins from a Dead End August 25, 2015 was a very hot day of summer but its omen was a very promising one! That day, I was with my friend, Mr. Hashim Hama Abdulla, director of the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Iraq, walking in the main...

This article documents and elaborates on the many critical behind-the-scenes events, unknown to the public, before the history leaves us. The author The bulk of the “the land between the two rivers” lies in what we call today the...

A short video shot by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad on March 14, 2019. The video showcases the Mask of Warka, the Warka Vase, and the throne-dais of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.

We had a 4-day national holiday. Meaning what? No clinic and no hospital! I said to myself, “It's been a long time since I have visited Babylonia.” I drove my car for about 11 hours, continuously. Finally, I was there. I went...