Babylon, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, existed from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C. ... had images of lions carved in relief. The mouths of the lions were open, baring their teeth, ...

Babylon was famous for its Hanging Gardens, which some believe may have actually been in the Assyrian capital, Nineveh, where this relief, now held in the British Museum, London, was found.

Babylonian cities like Ur, Uruk, and Nippur, while part of the kingdom, were supervised by Assyrian governors. Thus, the extent of the Babylonian monarch’s powers was unclear, as Esarhaddon had ...

An Assyrian wall relief showing gardens in Nineveh. Photo: Biblical Archeology Society. After two centuries of archaeologists scouring Babylon’s four-square-miles for proof of the wonder, ...

Researchers finally deciphered a set of 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets — and the messages aren’t about bright hopes for the future but are nearly all death, doom and gloom.

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map -- and they believe it's led them to the location of Noah's Ark. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries ...

The Ishtar Gate, named after a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, was one of eight gateways that provided entry to the inner city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (reign 605-562 ...