Among these digitized artifacts of the Oxford University museum is a fascinating piece that has intrigued scholars and ...

Archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam discovered the tablet in 1882 in Sippar, an ancient Babylonian city in present ... of the ancient Babylonians' beliefs and culture. The tiny tablet has cuneiform ...

Amsler demonstrates exceptional command of a wide range of sources and contexts, combined with a keen sensitivity to the material and social dimensions of late ancient knowledge ... The Babylonian ...

CULTURE: Late Babylonian. DATE: ca ... is the key to understanding all manner of cultural activities in the ancient Near East—from determining what was known of the cosmos and its workings ...

Assyrian might was reflected in the imposing palaces, libraries and sculptures of the Assyrian kings. Babylonian culture was outstanding in literature, mathematics and astronomy, and the great ...

Persian rule left Babylon with most of its institutions intact, it became one of the richest satrapies of the empire, and it became one of the world’s most magnificent cities, according to Greek ...

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco ... popular and religious culture on a global scale." It also warns that the site is in an "extremely vulnerable condition ...

Babylon has resonated in Judeo-Christian ... Nebuchadrezzar II (reigned 605-561 B.C.). Koldewey’s finds revealed an ancient locus of culture and political power. These excavations unearthed ...