Babylon

Ancient tablet in Istanbul predates Pythagorean geometry by 1000 years

The 3,700-year-old tablet sitting in an Istanbul museum revealed that Babylonians predated Pythagoras by over 1000 years.

The US’ return of looted Iraqi antiquities is just an empty gesture

The US-led invasion created the destruction that paved the way for Iraq’s looting. Without political stability, the future of Iraq — and the artefacts — remain endangered.

Iraq's ancient city of Babylon designated UNESCO World Heritage Site

The city on the Euphrates River is about 85 kilometers south of the capital Baghdad and once was a main tourist attraction before Iraq suffered one war after another in the past four decades.