There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a majority of the best-preserved parts of the site are remnants of the Old ...
NEARLY 500 artefacts from ancient Babylon have been uncovered by archaeologists ... led by archaeologist Quhtan Abbas Hassan Aboud. "478 artifacts were also found, including pottery jars ...
The artistry demonstrated in each of the artifacts is a testament to ancient Babylonian visual culture, and is helping researchers to piece together the trajectory of the region’s iconography.
The Babylonian artifact, known as the Imago Mundi, shows a circular diagram with a writing system that used wedge-shaped symbols to describe the early creation of the world. Researchers at the ...
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 ...