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Nabu on the left facing right has big wings and is holding a scroll in his upraised right arm, Tahmurath on the right facing left hold lightning bolt that look like the are coming from the mouth of an alligator like animal

Nabu and Tahmurath in Bronze

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The exterior bronze doors of the John Adams Building Building depict figures that brought learning, knowledge, and communication to the world. We have done individual posts on several already, but this post features two that are paired together – Nabu and Tahmurath. Nabu was the scribe for Marduk (often referred to as Bel), who was …

Science and Business Reading Room mural with quotation from Thomas Jefferson about the living generation. Mural by Ezra Winter. John Adams Building, Library of Congress.

A Lesson from a Founding Father

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The Earth belongs always to the living generation. They may manage it then, and what proceeds from it, as they please, during their usufruct. They are masters too of their own persons and consequently may govern them as they please. When researchers walk into the Science and Business Reading Room, not only are they inspired …