Babylon Archive

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Anyone interested in ancient history has undoubtedly seen a number of prehistoric ruins that were once part of magnificent ancient monuments, cities and

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People in Armenia say they are descendants of Hayk (Haic), who was their Patriarch and founder of the nation. Knowledge about the fascinating

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Being a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt could be honorable, prestigious, and dangerous. At the end of his rule, everything went wrong for Pharaoh

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - After many successful campaigns in the region of the Levant (of today’s Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine), Nebuchadnezzar suffered a heavy defeat

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1969, members of the German Warka expedition discovered an ancient damaged clay tablet in Uruk, the first city built by Gilgamesh about

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the son of the mighty god Enki, creator and protector of humanity, Marduk plays an important role in Mesopotamian mythology and the

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The outstanding military accomplishments of Alexander the Great are well-known to everyone interested in ancient history. Still, few had heard about what happened

David Tee - AncientPages.com - All great rulers had to have a beginning and Nebuchadnezzar II was no exception to this rule. He was born in 634 BC

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - King Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC), the greatest ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, had no intention of letting enemies enter

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Nabu was among the most prestigious Babylonian-Assyrian gods, but he earned his importance much later in the first millennium BC. At a time, he

David Tee - AncientPages.com - There are many names that describe the nature and function of the axis mundi. It is known as the world pillar or the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient Babylon was home to some powerful dynasties and rulers. Hammurabi. Image credit: Windu1789 - CC BY-SA 4.0 One of them was Hammurabi,

AncientPages.com - On October 12, 539 BC, the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great, and his army entered the city of Babylon. It was not, however, an easy task because Babylon's

AncientPages.com - On June 11, 323 BC, Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II of Macedon, died in Babylon after suffering ten days of high fever. Theories

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of banks can be traced to ancient Babylonian temples in the early 2nd millennium BC. In Babylon at the time of

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An idol with human head and a lion's body known as sphinx is one of the most important symbols in humanity's records. It's a

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575 BC. City model of the main procession street (Aj-ibur-shapu) and Ishtar Gate in Babylon. Model

AncientPages.com - Prehistoric fragment of a clay brick with an inscription of King Amar-Suena in Sumerian language, has been brought back to Iraq. The owner of the artifact

AncientPages.com - The fabled Hanging Garden of Babylon has since ancient times been recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the World - but no trace of it