The Babylonian Exile, a traumatic and critical period in Jewish history, saw thousands of Jews deported to Babylon following the conquest of Judah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.During their ...

In Babylon, Iraqis shield ancient symbols of identity from Islamic State Islamic State militants, still some 37 miles from Babylon, have already taken a toll on Iraqi cultural heritage sites.

The Tower of Babel Babylon’s ziggurat, which became a symbol of human arrogance before God, was a favorite subject for artists through the centuries. Oil painting by Roelant Saverg, 1607 ...

17, 2012 (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters/File). BABYLON, IRAQ -- The fortunes of the ancient city of Babylon have waxed and waned with the rise and fall of empires. Today, the biggest threat to this powerful ...

The two layers excavated dated to the Sasanian period—an empire ruled between 224–651 C.E—and the ancient Babylonian period—ruled between ca. 1894 and 1595 B.C.E.

Ancient Babylonian tablet suggests Pythagoras did NOT discover the famous theorem ... In a base 60 system, numbers are represented using 60 different symbols or digits, ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

An Australian mathematician has cracked an ancient math secret found in two ancient Babylonian tablets. The discovery rewrites the history of math.