Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

The 4,000-year-old city, mentioned hundreds of times ... parts of Babylon reconstructed, leading to most of the current conservation problems. The restoration installed heavier modern bricks ...

Babylon had a significant impact on Mesopotamia. One of its early rulers, Hammurabi, created a harsh system of laws, while in later times ... from the area around modern-day Syria.

This civilization had thrived and fallen many times before ... the Jews to Babylon where, according to many historians, they wrote the Hebrew Bible. Those of us in the modern world often forget ...