In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed ...

Nov. 27—Prominently featured in the Book of Daniel and often mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament, Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II is a compelling character who was cruel at times and ...

A Babylonian 'time capsule' buried for more than two millennia under the ruins of a ziggurat in modern-day Iraq has revealed never-before-seen details about the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar II. Two ...

For all those homes still lacking an ancient piece of Babylonian history, a clay cylinder from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II detailing his rebuilding of a temple to Shamash is set to be auctioned ...

A trove of newly translated texts from the ancient Middle East are revealing accounts of war, the building of pyramidlike structures called ziggurats and even the people's use of beer tabs at local ...

Prominently featured in the Book of Daniel and often mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament, Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II is a compelling character who was cruel at times and understanding at ...