Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, "Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y.C." (c. 1852), oil on canvas, held at the New York Historical (photo public domain via Wikimedia Commons) For those ...
Berossus, a Babylonian priest writing during the Hellenistic period, preserved one of the most famous accounts of Mesopotamian history through his writings on ancient kings and dynasties. Among the ...