Babylon, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, existed from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C.

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s Ark. Cuneiform tablet, c. 2nd–1st century B.C.E., Mesopotamia ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...

The Code of Hammurabi refers to a set of rules or laws enacted by the Babylonian King Hammurabi (reign 1792-1750 B.C.). The code governed the people living in his fast-growing empire. By the time ...

The ancient king of Babylon compiled a code of laws called Hammurabi's Code that applied to all lands under his rule. In this 1934 depiction, King Hammurabi goes to war.

The ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq is fighting for its survival, under siege from time, water and the perils of modern civilisation. Jane Arraf hears from the archaeologists trying to ...

Babylon's Ancient Wonder, Lying in Ruins. History Not Served By U.S. Presence. July 28, 2009. By Nada Bakri. HILLA, Iraq -- Maytham Hamzah cast his eyes toward the remains of King Nebuchadnezzar ...

BABYLON, Iraq — After decades of dictatorship and disrepair, Iraq is celebrating its renewed sovereignty over the Babylon archaeological site — by fighting over the place, over its past and ...