The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

According to the Bible (Ezra 1:1-4), the famous founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, ironically freed the Israelites from their Babylonian captivity and allowed them to return to ...

Herzog to captivity survivor: Your presence here is a message of hope President Isaac Herzog met with released hostage Omer Wenkert, who was held by Hamas for over a year and freed this past February.