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Ancient Mesopotamia in popular culture

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thumb|Semiramis, a legendary figure based on the life of Shammuramat, depicted as an armed Amazons|Amazon in an eighteenth-century Italian illustration Semiramis (; Šammīrām, Šamiram, , Samīrāmīs) was the legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and of Ninus, who succeeded the latter on the throne of Assyria, according to Movses Khorenatsi. Legends narrated by Diodorus Siculus, who drew primarily from the works of Ctesias of Cnidus, describe her and her relationships to Onnes and King Ninus.

The Scorpion King

2002 film by Chuck Russell

Death of Sardanapalus

painting by Eugène Delacroix in the Louvre

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior

2008 film by Russell Mulcahy

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

2021 video game developed by Supermassive Games

The Scorpion King: Book of Souls

film directed by Don Michael Paul

The Babylonian Marriage Market

painting by Edwin Long

2021 video game