Founded as a settlement in ancient Mesopotamia and later capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II, it is one of the most recognisable names in world history and a World Heritage ...

Babylon was once hanging gardens and opulent temples before parts were excavated and smuggled to Europe. A bastion for Saddam Hussein, then the forces overthrowing him. A centre of enlightenment, ...

South of Baghdad near Hillah, Babylon spreads across the Mesopotamian plain as a UNESCO-listed maze of mud-brick walls, processional routes and royal memories. Editorialbild im Reisemagazin-Stil vom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ...

Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

Some 2,500 years ago, Babylon trained the sons of its wealthiest families without a single weekly hour devoted to the gods.

Multinational Division South’s leaders and troops received a tour of Iraq’s ancient past here last week in an effort to assess its future. The division’s commander, Army Maj. Gen. Rick Nash, along ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the ...

Swift's new song joins a centuries-old tradition of turning the ancient Iraqi city into a symbol for emotional turmoil ...