Babylon, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, existed from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C. Skip to main content. ... Palaces. Nebuchadnezzar II's city boasted three major palaces.

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

In the course of Koldewey’s excavations of the ancient city, his team identified a mysterious structure in one corner of Babylon’s southern palace. It was made of 14 long rooms with vaulted ...

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

For more than a decade, the palace prevented Babylon receiving recognition from Unesco as a World Heritage Site. “Saddam’s Palace was a huge issue for years,” says Hamdani.

A palace that Saddam Hussein built near the ancient site of Babylon has been opened to the public The palace overlooking the Tigris River has never had so many visitors.

After building a new palace and expanding the city’s walls (a task that allegedly took 15 days and is also considered a wonder of the ancient world), the king embarked on a more personal project.

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

There is evidence that in 647 B.C., when the Babylonian revolt had already been put down, 1,469 cuneiform tablets were added to the Nineveh library, brought directly from Babylon.

Stone relief carving of Saddam’s profile at his palace overlooking ancient Babylon [File: Ali al-Saadi/AFP] There are traces of Saddam here, ...

Pythagoras is credited for creating the famous Pythagorean theorem, but ancient clay tablets suggest the math concept was formed more than 1,000 years before the ancient Greek's birth.