Hammurabi began his 42-year reign as “king” of Babylon (located in present-day Iraq), in 1792 BC. What most history books fail to mention is that, like other governors of the City-State of Mesopotamia ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets ...

Although Babylon declined after Hammurabi’s death, its importance as the capital of southern Mesopotamia, now known as Babylonia, would linger for millennia. Monumental FollySaddam Hussein’s ...

New discoveries at an ancient city in Iraq, including written tablets and a game board, may shed light on its hidden history.

Investigating and comparing legal codes and legal thinking of the ancient societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt ... how people used law to create stable societies. Starting with Hammurabi's Code, this ...

Artifacts from ancient civilisations provide invaluable insights into the cultural, political, and spiritual lives of early ...

seeing it as a recognition of the significance of Babylon and Mesopotamian civilisation. Announcing its decision, Unesco said: "Seat of successive empires, under rulers such as Hammurabi and ...