abylon was a refuge of exceptions holding so many figures significant in religious mythology and human history. Among the gods were Nergal (3), the Bull Gods (4) where the chief god, Enki, though portrayed with two vases of pouring water representing the Tigris and Euphrates, none-the-less was called the Bull of Heaven. Found also in Babylon was Samas (7) the Babylonian form of the Sumerian sun god, Utu. They are kept company with Asarte (12), and a diety of Selucid times who is likely Hermes (18). Early though they were, they stood near the first in line bearing features of gods found in the world’s modern religions and also mythologies - among them the Greek Venus - a metamorphosized Asarte via Inanna. More details on the pictures are at the page bottom. Of the kings and historical figures, we find the Africoid Semite, Hamurrabi (5 and 6), Marduk-Nadin-Ahhe (13), Nabu Apal Iddin I (15), Aramaiserender (16), Merodach-bakadan (17), and the heroes: Jews, Hebrews of Babylonian captivity in Ninevah (19, 20). This was the population that created the Babylonian - Creational Myths: the Enuma Elish - the source of our bible and the 3 great modern religions. No more will anyone or everyone agree with the next observation than husband and wife always love and never argue - or even remain together. Giving credit where credit is due, these were indigenous peoples with roots in the land going back to the early Neolithic and earlier Paleolitihc. A look at their mostly pug noses, wooly. beady, or heavily curled hair and mostly thick features tells the looker they harken from Africa - an African overflow - the genetic trail says as much. They too, as all others peoples, have given of themselves and given richly to the world and its prosperity. They. Not stated by anthropology, history, religion, or art: but Africans filling the Ancient Near East. ..art, art history, Paul Marc Washington, paleoneolithic@yahoo.com

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