A series of strong Amorite kings—including King Hammurabi, famous for compiling the world’s first legal code—enabled Babylon to eclipse the Sumerian capital, Ur, as the region’s most ...

Modern historiography has tended to assume that violence was the primary driving force behind the formation of the first ...

The new Taco Fresco opened quietly across from the LIRR station in Babylon on Monday, Dec. 30. The owners wanted to test the waters first before making any big announcement. Since then ...