These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...
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From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...
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The 25,000 tablets that revealed the Hittites, how scholars deciphered an empire and opened a window into the Old Kingdom
When archaeologists unearthed a vast tablet archive at Hattusa, a lost empire suddenly gained a voice of its own. This chapter follows the decipherment, then steps inside the Hittite Old Kingdom, its ...
Celebrating the New Year was a popular custom around the world in ancient times. How was it celebrated in Alexander the Great ...
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When the Hittites sacked Babylon, how a northern chariot empire ended Hammurabi’s line and shook the Bronze Age
A rising Hittite kingdom fought for trade routes, marched through Syria, and then struck Babylon itself, toppling the last heirs of Hammurabi’s world. This chapter follows the shock of conquest, the ...
The ancient Greeks of India ruled a large kingdom in South Asia until the Scythian nomads, called Sakas, fought against them.
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