Study of ancient cuneiform cylinders reveals how Nebuchadnezzar II restored Kish’s ziggurat and linked his rule to Babylon’s ...
Two small clay cylinders, buried for roughly 2,500 years in the ruins of an ancient temple tower, have given archaeologists ...
Two small clay cylinders, pulled from the soil of central Iraq, have given Nebuchadnezzar II his first clear voice at the ...
A 2,550-year-old inscription, written in the name of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, has been discovered carved on basalt stone in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and ...
During the millennia in which cuneiform script was used, Mesopotamia saw city-states jockey for resources, empires grow and dissipate, and seemingly countless kings made and unmade on the battlefield.