NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting the exhibit: “The World Between Empires Art & Identity In The Ancient Middle East.” This looks at the experience of the peoples caught between the competing superpowers of yore, Rome and Parthia,… Continue Reading
The Library of Congress is making available online some 155 Persian texts from its collection in digital form. The collection’s page states: The Library of Congress is home to a noteworthy collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, lithographic books… Continue Reading
“The Poor Man of Nippur” purports itself to be the world’s first film in Babylonian. It was produced by with students and staff of Cambridge Assyriology. Go behind the scenes of this production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDudWUTPWCg&fbclid=IwAR0lR4PjON2poafFSgHkZK4NAItDWQw9rMGww5NreoRClr2SGMCW_UdEVWk. The YT page explains: “The Poor… Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC unveiled a new exhibit, “Queens of Egypt” which is open through September 2019. Do I have to remind you what an Egypt-o-maniac Crowley was? Really? Hey, who are the deities… Continue Reading
According to On This Day, the British Museum opened to visitors today in 1759: “But not just any visitors. Fearing damage to the collections by unruly hordes, the trustees decided that nobody would be admitted without a ticket. The problem… Continue Reading
A number of outlets including Smithsonian Magazine and the Associated Press are reporting that Mexican archaeologists have uncovered the first temple of an important pre-Columbian deity, the “Flayed Lord,” a New World version of the slain and risen God. It’s… Continue Reading
Both theoreticians and practitioners of the the theurgy referred to as “Energized Enthusiasm” might find it worthwhile to spend some time at the Yale University Art Gallery’s “Sights And Sounds of Ancient Ritual” exhibit.In Liber DCCXI Energized Enthusiasm A Note… Continue Reading
The New York Historical Society in Manhattan — located at 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 — has launched an exhibition on the History of Magic, in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the publication of the first Harry… Continue Reading
The Guardian recently ran a review of the British Museum’s exhibition ” I Am Ashurbanipal,” featuring images depicting how the Assyrian Empire maintained power for over three centuries – namely through ruthless violence against conquered peoples, captured leaders and political… Continue Reading
The scholarly journal Nature recently posted a paper on the world’s oldest-known animal cave art, painted at least 40,000 years ago in Borneo. The paper starts: Figurative cave paintings from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date to at least 35,000 years… Continue Reading