The Babylonian Exile was a very painful period in Jewish history in which King Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and moved 20,000 people 900 miles east to Babylon, ...

III. WHEN names had to be given to stars, the Babylonians naturally took them from the objects around themselves. The heavenly host was compared to an immense flock, and several stars were grouped ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...

In a revelation that bridges millennia, the Babylonian Map of the World, or "Imago Mundi," has emerged as a dazzling relic of ancient geography. Hailing from the venerable city of Abu Habba ...

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

A Babylonian inspired-pyramid that turned out to be a white elephant is now set for demolition in one of California’s priciest real estate markets. A bidder whose name hasn’t yet been revealed ...

Ancient Babylonian tablet suggests Pythagoras did NOT discover the famous theorem - but only popularized it 1,000 years later. Ancient Greek Pythagoras is credited for creating the Pythagorean theorem ...

How 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablets help scientists unravel one of the weirdest mysteries in space Archaeomagnetism helps us understand spacecraft hiccups — and why the humanities are crucial ...

World News: The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with ...

Babylonian tablet preserves student's 4,000-year-old geometry mistake. News. By Kristina Killgrove published 2 December 2024 A small clay tablet from the site of Kish in Iraq reveals a student ...

Addressing a special convention of the Israel Bible Research Society held at Lydda to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the return of the Jews from Babylonian exile, Mr. Ben Gurion said that in both ...