CONTENTS

  1. Cover Image
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Part 1: The Discoveries
    1. Chapter 1: The Amateur Archaeologists
    2. Chapter 2: The Scramble for Antiquities
    3. Chapter 3: The Land of the Twin Rivers
    4. Chapter 4: The Royal Library of Nineveh
    5. Chapter 5: Letters from Assyrian Scholars
    6. Chapter 6: The Great Omen Series: Enuma Anu Enlil
    7. Chapter 7: The Numinous and the Mesopotamian Religion
  7. Part 2: The Myths and the Planets
    1. Chapter 8: Sin: The Moon, Father of Time
    2. Chapter 9: Shamash: The Sun, Judge of Heaven and Earth
    3. Chapter 10: Ishtar: Venus, Queen of Heaven
    4. Chapter 11: Ninurta: Saturn, Brother to Mars
    5. Chapter 12: Nergal: Mars, Lord of the Dead
    6. Chapter 13: Marduk: Jupiter, Savior of Babylon
    7. Chapter 14: Nabu: Mercury, Scribe to the Gods
    8. Chapter 15: Astronomy: The mul.Apin
  8. Part 3: The Aftermath
    1. Chapter 16: The Invasions
    2. Chapter 17: Harran: City of Temples
    3. Chapter 18: From Babylon to Botticelli
  9. Footnotes
  10. Endnotes
  11. Bibliography
  12. About the Author
  13. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
  14. Books of Related Interest
  15. Copyright & Permissions
  16. Index