What was Nabonidus known for?
One of the most vibrant and individualistic rulers of his time, Nabonidus is remembered as the last independent king of Babylon, and he is characterised by some scholars as an unorthodox religious reformer and as the first archaeologist. Is Nabonidus Nebuchadnezzar? The Dead Sea scrolls found at Qumran in 1948 confirm that Nabonidus, not Nebuchadnezzar,…