Ancient CivilizationsAncient Lost ‘Hymn to Babylon’ Deciphered from Clay Tablet Posted on July 13, 2025 by Administrator In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU’s Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the journal Iraq. “It’s a fascinating hymn that describes Babylon in all its majesty and gives insights into the lives of its inhabitants, male and female,” says Jiménez.
