In the sixth century B.C.E., the Neo-Babylonian Empire was in a nostalgic groove. Its king, Nabonidus, led by example: he venerated the customs of the Sumerian ancestors who had ruled some 1,500 years ...

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...

The four symbols seen in front of the king—a crescent moon, the sun, a snake and a flower—may hold religious significance. Saudi Press Agency Researchers in Saudi Arabia have discovered a ...

The tablet, which gives a brief year-by-year account of the events during the reign of Nabonidus, the last king of independent Babylonia, is kept at the British Museum. “The clay tablet was written in ...

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

King Nabonidus’s letter to (image courtesy Liberty University Archeological team) King Nabonidus wasn’t a fan of being stood up, says a new finding by archeologists at Liberty University. Researchers ...

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On the night of Sept. 26, 554 B.C., a partial lunar eclipse was visible over Babylon. King Nabonidus, presiding on behalf of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, took this as a message from the moon god, Sîn.

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have discovered a sixth-century B.C.E. rock carving of the last Babylonian king, Nabonidus. As Arab News reports, archaeologists from the Saudi Commission for Tourism and N ...