As monarchs abdicate, ascend, and mark milestones, coinage around the world reflects changing rulers, evolving portraits, and ...

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...

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