A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural ... title of king of Babylon. More intriguingly still, a depiction of that Assyrian king found on a bas relief in Nineveh shows ...

Babylon, an hour's drive south of Baghdad, dates to ancient Mesopotamia. The city on the banks of the Euphrates River was the home of Hammurabi and later Nebuchadnezzar, who built the famous ...