This started as just another day of magnet fishing—but it quickly spiraled into one of the most chaotic and unforgettable ...

According to religious tradition, that statue conferred legitimacy upon the king, which is why the Assyrians had taken it after the last rebellion. Its return was a powerful symbol that the Babylonian ...

The history of Egypt at this time is almost a blank and the doings of even major Babylonian kings like Nebuchadnezzar have had to be reconstructed from a few building inscriptions supplemented by ...

Sacramento Kings wing Kevin Huerter was cleared to return to full contact on Friday, but no timeline for his return to game action was given. Today after practice, Huerter provided some hints ...

If you’ve been near the Babylon LIRR station recently, you may have had to navigate around some construction equipment during your quest for parking. But don’t worry — those extra excavators ...

Babylonia was part of Mesopotamia, and astrology played a large role in its culture. The king’s closest advisors watched the night sky, matching their observations with those of celestial-omen ...

It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless, of course, an eclipse occurred during his reign. Such an event foretold revolt, rebellion, defeat in war, loss of territory, plague, drought, ...

A series of nearly 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets have long held eerie warnings that went undeciphered. But now, archaeologists have revealed what these ominous messages say, including dire ...

Starting out as a modest city-state in the late third millennium BCE, Babylon rose to prominence under the rule of King Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BCE), whose brutal approach to justice and legal ...

For the Ancient Babylonians, astrological divination was a tool of serious statecraft. The mercurial gods were believed to place coded signs in the heavens above that foretold the fate of kings ...

Detail of stele of Nabonidus, the first archaeologist. The Babylonian king wears the traditional dress, holding objects symbolizing justice and power. Before him is the crescent moon god Sin to whom ...

As legend has it, Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in the sixth century B.C.E. The 75-foot-high garden was said to be a gift for his wife Amytis, who was ...