The ancient artifact, discovered in the Middle East, was acquired by the British Museum in 1882 but remained ... and tribes in Mesopotamia including Babylon, and another rectangle represents ...

Protected by MardukCalling down curses on anyone who defaces it, this ninth-century stela from Babylon is dedicated to a priest of Marduk by his son. British Museum, London Photograph by Erich ...

and two in the 17th century B.C.E. The Imago Mundi is a tablet from Babylon that was discovered in Iraq during the late 19th century. Currently kept at the British Museum under the stewardship of ...

However, as Dr. Irving Finkel, a British Museum expert, notes, it portrays Babylon as "tremendously extensive compared to ...

In an ancient inscription called the "Cyrus Cylinder," now housed in the British Museum in London, Cyrus claimed that his troops faced no resistance when he took Babylon. "I went as harbinger of ...

For over a hundred years, it remained undeciphered. Only through the efforts of researchers from the British Museum was the knowledge inscribed on it unraveled. The map depicts Mesopotamia at the ...

In a video posted in August on the British Museum’s YouTube channel ... The tablet shows a circular world map with the ancient city of Babylon represented as a long rectangle.

The first inscription reached London in 1801 (the so-called “East India House Inscription”, now hosted at the British Museum). Subsequently, it was Claudius James Rich (1787-1821) who visited Babylon ...

The first inscription reached London in 1801 (the so-called “East India House Inscription”, now hosted at the British Museum). Subsequently, it was Claudius James Rich (1787-1821) who visited Babylon ...