The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

The discovery was made during the renovation of Hrvojeva Street at the heart of Split in Croatia, and the direct link was ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

“The property includes the ruins of the city which, between 626 and 539 BCE, was the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire,” said a UNESCO statement. “It includes villages and agricultural areas ...