A collection of the Biblical Archaeology Review magazines' articles examining the ancient Near East and its impressions on the Western world and the current situation with cultural heritage in the ...

In a significant advancement for archaeology in Iraq, an excavation expedition in the historic province of Babylon has uncovered a total of 478 archaeological artifacts, marking a milestone in the ...

The material has supposed connections to Babylonia's Tower of Babel, the myth that supposedly explains why different languages exist. Archaeologists have recently discovered bitumen and mortar ...

US-led occupation forces in Iraq have inflicted widespread damage and severe contamination to the remains of the ancient city of Babylon, according to a British Museum-commissioned report released ...

"Using our AI-supported platform, we managed to identify 30 other manuscripts that belong to the rediscovered hymn - a process that would formerly have taken decades". Researchers from Ludwig ...

King Belshazzar features prominently in the Old Testament's Book of Daniel, namely during the infamous Belshazzar feast. According to the Bible, Belshazzar hosted a grand feast for the lords and ...

The Bible is believed by many to span thousands of years of documented history, chronicling the rise of God's chosen people, the Israelites, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. By some estimates, ...

Although archaeologists have excavated 500,000 cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamian sites over the last two centuries, about half of these texts now in museums around the world haven’t been thoroughly ...

Visualizing the greatest metropolis in the ancient world requires the full powers of imagination. This is partly due to simple geology. The sun-hardened mud bricks favored by Babylon’s builders have ...