Qahtan Al-Abeed/Courtesy UNESCO) Babylon’s New Year festival, held during the spring, was Marduk’s special holiday and the city’s most important rite. The god’s statue was carried from its ...

This year, Assyrians around the globe celebrate the Assyrian new year of 6773. The Akitu Festival was celebrated on 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period with different ...