<b>Babylonian religion</b> is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia&#39;s mythology was greatly influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from Sumerian cuneiform. The myths were usually either written in Sumerian or Akkadian. Some Babylonian texts were translations into Akkadian from Sumerian of earlier texts, but the names of some deities were changed.<br /><br />Sir <b>Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge</b> (27 July 1857 &ndash; 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the <b>British Museum</b> and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to <b>Egypt</b> and the <b>Sudan</b> on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on <b>Egyptology</b>, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.