By 1000 B.C., the Assyrians, who had established a powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia, gained the upper hand. But despite periods of stable rule, Babylon would always fall to someone else.

The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.

The newly-deciphered tablets consist of 61 predictions spread across four clay tablets, including an ominous warning that a 'king will die' and a 'nation will fall.' Although the tablets were ...

Considered the oldest in the world, it was created approximately 2600 to 2900 years ago, during the height of the ...