Katya Kazakina on what art-world insiders are really saying about their worries about 2024 behind the scenes.

The NEH grants will support new editions of ancient Babylonian literature, workshops for educators on digital methods and ...

Ancient Babylonian art shows the origins of justice Graphic by Noemi Gonzalez. Some of the most important pieces of art came from the Near East. We can see that in the last post with the religious art ...

The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a very conscious throwback to the past, as it represented Mesopotamia’s first period of self-rules after centuries of domination by their northern neighbors.

Archeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered the largest inscriptions in the Kingdom depicting the Babylonian King Nabonidus in the north-western city of ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map etched in a clay tablet about 3,000 years ago, finding it features the location of 'Noah's Ark' among the drawings. The Babylonian artifact, known ...

This contribution offers 19 Old Babylonian documents, mostly from Larsa, in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley. Section 1 presents eight letters that throw new light on the history of ...

They stand before a cult object in a position familiar in Babylonian art of all periods, and if the object were a sheaf, this would closely resemble the Sumerian picture sign Zag.

Archaeologists Discover World’s Oldest Break-Up Letter at Neo-Babylonian Site A tablet discovered this year, suggests that Neo-Babylonians may have been the first to start writing break up letters.

Picking one period or dynasty to represent the entirety of this era was far too difficult. So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be ...