A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural ... title of king of Babylon. More intriguingly still, a depiction of that Assyrian king found on a bas relief in Nineveh shows ...

King Hammurabi of Babylon came into power in 1792 B.C. after having defeated ... the top a visual depiction of King Hammurabi being ordained by the God Shamash. This relief (at the top) shows God ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as ... was victorious over this brother Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon. Three Babylonian men on the left are followed ...

Babylonian kings routinely sacrificed royal stand-ins to avoid eclipse prophecies. From the museum's collection of 130,000 ...

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations ...

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 ...

Built during the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar II ... enticing visitors to the historic city of Babylon. However, the actual, ...

The Akitu Festival was celebrated over 12 consecutive days during the Assyrian-Babylonian empires period ... documents telling the story of Akitu. Ancient Assyrians-Babylonians celebrated the ...