Advisors to the Babylonian kings were the ones in charge of watching the night sky and inscribing these predictions, which would influence the king’s rule. Looking at them now, these omens are ...

Mr. Smith writes: "Early last year some Arabs discovered a vault and chamber in the ruins of Babylon stored with some 3,000 cuneiform inscriptions. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

If Jason Boland sounds as if he’s holding up a mirror to his quarter-century-plus career in The Last Kings of Babylon, it’s because he’s feeling all kinds of introspective these days.