The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

The spread of the cult of Marduk across Mesopotamia was proof of Babylon’s prestige. No ancient city was so desired and feared, so admired and denigrated. But in the Hebrew tradition ...

The ziggurats of Sumer, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the legendary Code ... From sculpture to pottery to architecture, ...

Babylon, an hour's drive south of Baghdad, dates to ancient Mesopotamia. The city on the banks of the Euphrates River was the home of Hammurabi and later Nebuchadnezzar, who built the famous ...