The Bible paints an unflattering portrait of Babylon as a corrupt civilization cursed by ambition, excess and power-hungry kings. In the Book of Genesis, its residents build the Tower of Babel in a ...

In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, ...

The story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) is a most sobering Biblical event being currently repeated. In that story, the descendants of Noah experienced the impact of defying the directions of ...

On the banks of the Euphrates River, in what is now modern-day Iraq, ancient man began to build a tower with occultic purposes. In order to stop this evil, according to Genesis 11, God diversified ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection/Age ...

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 ...