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

In the holy writings of the ancient Jews, King Cyrus of Persia has the distinction of being the first and only foreign Messiah.

The Bible says that he also stole sacred objects from the Jewish temple and took them back to Babylon to place in the temple of Marduk. To punish his disrespect, the Bible recounts in the Book of ...

These two ancient empires shaped Passover The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.

Ancient iPad-like Tablets Reveal Life of Jews in Babylon A clay tablet from 572 BCE, the earliest known text documenting the Judean exile in Babylonia, now on display at the Bible Lands Museum.

Archaeology & History Ancient Babylonian Tablet May Reveal the Location of Noah’s Ark. The tablet's link to the Biblical vessel was explored in a recent YouTube video by Dr Irving Finkel.

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...

The ancient artifact, discovered in the Middle East, was acquired by the British Museum in 1882 but remained a mystery for centuries until curators found a missing part and transcribed its cuneiform.