Residents visit the ancient city of Babylon, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Feb. 17, 2012 (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters/File). BABYLON, IRAQ -- The fortunes of the ancient city of Babylon have waxed and waned ...
In 2019, UNESCO named Babylon a World Heritage Site. Their explanation of why makes a convincing case for it: “The property represents the tangible remains of a multifaceted myth that has functioned ...
The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...
Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s Ark. Cuneiform tablet, c. 2nd–1st century B.C.E., Mesopotamia, probably ...
At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like? Along with the pioneering legal code of Hammurabi, a wealth of ...
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