Near the start of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, there was a massive but largely forgotten battle between the Greeks and the Babylonians.

Visualizing the greatest metropolis in the ancient world requires the full powers of imagination. This is partly due to simple geology. The sun-hardened mud bricks favored by Babylon’s builders have ...

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A chance discovery in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Kish has provided a new and valuable piece for understanding the reconstruction work of King Nebuchadnezzar II, one of the most famous monarchs ...

In the sixth century B.C.E., the Neo-Babylonian Empire was in a nostalgic groove. Its king, Nabonidus, led by example: he venerated the customs of the Sumerian ancestors who had ruled some 1,500 years ...