THE AWOL BLOG:
Babylon. The Great City. Open-access book by Olaf Pederson. This looks great. Last summer I spent probably too much time poring over the English translation of the century-old German report on the excavation of Babylon. That was preparation for my honours course on the Book of Daniel. I wish I'd had access to this book then.
I noted another recent book dealing with the archaeology of the city of Babylon here.
Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.