the god Marduk, defeated the forces of chaos. The spread of the cult of Marduk across Mesopotamia was proof of Babylon’s prestige. No ancient city was so desired and feared, so admired and ...

Researchers have just deciphered a series of Babylonian astrological tablets inscribed 3,800 years ago — and the results are truly ominous. Created in the ancient city of Sippar in present-day Iraq, ...

For example, the ancient world is shown as a singular ... text describing the creation of the world by Marduk, the chief god of Babylonia. The description names more than a dozen animals ...

The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...