The Babylonian Exile, a traumatic and critical period in Jewish history, saw thousands of Jews deported to Babylon following the conquest of Judah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.During their ...

By Atty. Enerio N. Ocariza Jr. Greetings in the name of the Lord Almighty! Congratulations on being elected as t ...

A Mesopotamian myth from nearly 4,000 years ago tells of a man who builds a boat to save the world from a divine flood, long ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

For centuries, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have stirred fascination. These legendary structures, once towering symbols of human achievement, continue to inspire artists, travelers, and ...

Judah's Captivity to Babylon Jeremiah 24:1-25:13; Psalm 77:11-13; Proverbs 15:16. The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of ...

King Nebuchadnezzar II purportedly built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the world, to ease the homesickness of his Persian wife, Amytis. When Delaney’s own Persian wife, ...

Back in the year 539 BC the Persian King Cyrus, the “King of Kings” of the first empire of the world in history, boasted: “I am Cyrus, King of the Universe, King of Babylon, King of the Land of Sumer ...

They came to marvel at its wonders and admire its beauty. When later the Egyptian King Shishak invaded the land of Yehudah, he ordered to carry away this wonderful throne. Still later, when the ...

Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon, of which she is the legendary founder. Edgar Degas’s mysterious, otherworldly 1861 painting at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, reveals how the ...