Some of the most important pieces of art came from the Near East ... they’re still exactly the same as what our predecessors value. King Hammurabi of Babylon came into power in 1792 B.C. after having ...

The secrets held within the Babylonian tablet, considered the world's oldest map, have been deciphered. Dated from 2600 to 2900 years ago, Imago Mundi provides a unique insight into the beliefs ...

In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ancient clay tablets revealed that Babylonian astronomers were more sophisticated than ...

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations ...