Four recently translated Babylonian tablets give insight into the supernatural concerns of that ancient era. The 4,000-year-old clay tablets hold 61 ominous warnings of the death, doom, and ...

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Note Books on Babylonian ChronologyAmong the effects of the late Mr. George Smith, were several note-books, from one of which the following valuable and historical information has been taken. Mr ...

Beautiful Babylon: Jewel of the Ancient World Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it ...

Today: Archaeologists relied on chemical clues and techniques like FTIR spectroscopy and archaeomagnetic analysis to reconstruct the burning of Jerusalem by Babylonian forces around 586 BCE.

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him ...

Ancient Tablets Foretold Doom Awaiting Babylonian Kings A new translation of cuneiform relics from the second millennium B.C. highlights the warnings that astrologers saw in eclipses.

Ashurbanipal, mounted on his chariot, inspects the booty and prisoners obtained after the conquest of Babylon. Credit: Anthony Huan / Wikimedia Commons Antiquity How Ashurbanipal Destroyed Babylon, ...

They are similar in content to Old Babylonian tablets translated a decade ago connected with Dur-Abiesuḫ, a fortress on the Tigris river near the ancient city of Nippur.