More than a thousand years before the first telescopes, Babylonian astronomers tracked the motion of planets across the night sky using simple arithmetic. But a newly translated text reveals that ...

The Bible paints an unflattering portrait of Babylon as a corrupt civilization cursed by ambition, excess and power-hungry kings. In the Book of Genesis, its residents build the Tower of Babel in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until the discovery and decipherment of Akkadian and Sumerian cuneiform texts and inscriptions in the 19 th century, Babylon was known to the Western World mainly through Greek sources and the Bible.

In recent years, the Iraqi authorities have reopened Babylon to tourists Despite the site's remarkable archaeological value and impressive views, there are few tourists The city still bears the marks ...