In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed ...

A Babylonian 'time capsule' buried for more than two millennia under the ruins of a ziggurat in modern-day Iraq has revealed never-before-seen details about the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar II. Two ...

The two cylinders were first discovered by two locals in 2013 near the ruins of Kish’s ziggurat (a stepped temple tower). The locals handed the artifacts over to Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3D scan of cylinder found in ancient city of Kish, Iraq, bearing inscriptions believed to have belonged to Nebuchadnezzar II, ...