Perhaps the hottest growing conspiracy theory on TikTok has some parents worried that Labubu dolls are demonic. Theories ...

On Feb. 15, 2010, a woman, Stacey Carter, reported her ex-fiancé and the father of her child, Joshua Wetzler, had been missing for six months. Carter became alarmed when a friend told her: “Josh is ...

Perry Stone unveiled the history and spiritual implications of ancient “incantation bowls”—pottery relics once used to trap ...

Bronze statuette portraying ancient Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu (Photo by Getty Images) The religion and beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian civilisations – including the Sumerians, Akkadians, ...

The Babylonians attributed the attacks to demons, ... Mesopotamia practised sophisticated, observation based mental health care. This is more than historical trivia.

For thousands of years, demons have existed in mythology, religion, and folklore, taking on many different forms across cultures. From the malevolent spirits of Mesopotamian texts to the fallen ...

If your donkey fell ill in ancient Mesopotamia, the solution wasn’t to summon a vet: it was to call an exorcist. It was a lucrative career path that began with sick animals, but could culminate at a ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy. The ...

In Mesopotamia during the 1st millennium B.C., purveyors of magic called ašipu staved off and expelled demons that brought illness and chaos.

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing. Close.

The statue depicts Pazuzu, the ruler of wind demons, and has ties to Mesopotamian religious beliefs. Pazuzu, thought to be the offspring of Hanpa and sibling of Humbaba, was thought to provide ...