Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, is not only remembered for his famous legal code but also for ...

Bartle Bull’s “Land Between the Rivers” is a sweeping and superbly written epic, from Gilgamesh fortifying Uruk, the “ur-city ...

The Babylonian map consists of a circular map. Along with that, there are a few pieces of text written in an an ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

THE mystery surrounding a 3,000-year-old tablet, believed to be the oldest map in the world has finally been solved. The ancient tablet has been deciphered after centuries and offers a glimpse of ...

This is her 12th novel and is already hitting bestseller lists. The title will resonate with New Zealanders, since, of late, ...

People in ancient Mesopotamia depended on rivers. But rivers sometime moved, imposing stress on communities. Research shows ...

"In the Land of Ninkasi" tells the story of the world's first beer culture.

Even after several days here, I couldn’t quite figure out whether Vicksburg was inside or just outside the Mississippi ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Mesopotamia, a region that includes all of modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran, formed a significant part of the Fertile Crescent. Located between the Tigris and Euphrates ...