Babylonians
50 artifacts · 3000 BCE – 538 BCE · artifact (12) · people (12) · architecture (11) · battle (6) · spiritual (5) · art (4)
The Babylonian civilization, renowned for its contributions to law, architecture, and astronomy, flourished along the banks of the Euphrates. Here, discover artifacts that reveal the brilliance of its kings, the significance of its epic narratives, and the monumental achievements that defined Babylon's rich heritage.
The Collection
- Tammuz (Dumuzi) — Ancient · spiritual
- Sippar — Ancient · architecture
- Ishtar — Ancient · spiritual
- Babylon — Ancient · architecture
- Babylonian Cylinder Seals — Ancient · art
- Marduk — Ancient · spiritual
- Borsippa — Ancient · architecture
- Nabu — Ancient · spiritual
- Akitu Festival — Ancient · spiritual
- Burney Relief — 1850 BCE · artifact
- Sin-Muballit — Ancient · people
- Hammurabi — 1809 BCE · people
- Code of Hammurabi — 1754 BCE · artifact
- Hammurabi Stele (Detail) — Ancient · art
- Samsu-iluna — Ancient · people
- Atrahasis Epic — Ancient · artifact
- Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa — Ancient · artifact
- Kurigalzu I — Ancient · people
- Dur-Kurigalzu — Ancient · architecture
- Epic of Gilgamesh (Standard Version) — Ancient · artifact
- Kudurru of Melishipak — Ancient · artifact
- Stele of Meli-Shipak II — Ancient · art
- Nebuchadnezzar I — Ancient · people
- Enuma Elish — Ancient · artifact
- Nippur (Babylonian Period) — Ancient · architecture
- MUL.APIN — Ancient · artifact
- Merodach-Baladan II — Ancient · people
- Battle of Halule — Ancient · battle
- Nabopolassar — 658 BCE · people
- Babylonian Astronomical Diaries — Ancient · artifact
- Nebuchadnezzar II — 641 BCE · people
- Nabonidus — 614 BCE · people
- Fall of Nineveh — Ancient · battle
- Battle of Carchemish — Ancient · battle
- Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle — Ancient · artifact
- Esagila — 600 BCE · architecture
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon — 600 BCE · architecture
- Etemenanki — Ancient · architecture
- Processional Way of Babylon — Ancient · architecture
- Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II — Ancient · architecture
- Lion of Babylon — Ancient · artifact
- Siege of Jerusalem (Babylonian) — Ancient · battle
- Siege of Tyre (Nebuchadnezzar) — Ancient · battle
- Dragon of Marduk (Sirrush) — Ancient · art
- Ishtar Gate — 574 BCE · architecture
- Amel-Marduk — Ancient · people
- Neriglissar — Ancient · people
- Babylonian Map of the World — 550 BCE · artifact
- Belshazzar — Ancient · people
- Battle of Opis — 538 BCE · battle