Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca ... which was based in the city of Babylon, around 70 miles northwest of Nippur. At this time, the region’s new Kassite rulers were challenging the religious ...

Here’s how it works. Ancient Babylon was an influential city that served as a center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two millennia, from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C. It was located near ...

The citizens of Babylon developed a self-assured idea about Babylon’s place in the world. For them, the city was the physical and metaphorical navel of the world, the umbilical cord where heaven and ...

The splendid city of Babylon, located between the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris some 60 miles south of Baghdad, was one of them. Unlike the many towns that fell and disappeared ...

Coalition forces in Iraq have caused irreparable damage to the ancient city of Babylon, the British Museum says. Sandbags have been filled with precious archaeological fragments and 2,600 year old ...