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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 British Museum plans to transfer the Cyrus Cylinder ... The cylinder was excavated in Babylon, Iraq, in 1879. It was loaned to the National Museum of Iran in Tehran from 2010 to 2011 ...