Was Jerusalem destroyed in 587 or 607 BCE? Often overlooked in this controversy is some evidence from Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.

The British Museum has cracked a 4,000-year-old murder plot: Babylonian kings routinely sacrificed royal stand-ins to avoid eclipse prophecies. From the museum's collection of 130,000 Mesopotamian ...

According to religious tradition, that statue conferred legitimacy upon the king, which is why the Assyrians had taken it after the last rebellion. Its return was a powerful symbol that the Babylonian ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

To attempt to stay ahead of the gods, Babylonian kings employed astronomers to watch the skies day and night, keeping an eye out for strange phenomena. The astronomers recorded their observations ...

According to a news release, the opera, titled “Nebuchadnezzar,” is “based on the biblical story of the Babylonian King from the Book of Daniel” and “recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s ...