In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...

The 11th World Fragrance Day was celebrated in Paris with events showcasing Türkiye’s rich scent heritage, hosted by the ...

Whether at Christmas or the Fourth of July, these Christian nationalist-themed services are nothing new, Rick Pidcock says.

Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon, of which she is the legendary founder. Edgar Degas’s mysterious, otherworldly 1861 painting at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, reveals how the ...

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government…a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Object Details Author Partington, J. R (James Riddick) 1886-1965 Notes "A reasonably concise and systematic account of the sources, production and uses of materials in Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria, ...

Interestingly, long before Cyrus was born, the prophet Isaiah called him by name, prophesying that he would liberate the Jewish exiles and rebuild Jerusalem. In 538 BC, Cyrus did just that — defeating ...

Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia -01, by Daniel David Luckenbill (Chicago, 1926), in 313 searchable pdf pages. Volume 1 of 2. Contents of Volume 1: Inscriptions of the Early Rulers; from Ititi ...