"Coalition forces first occupied the Babylon site in April 2003 during the ground campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom with a purpose, among others, of protecting the ruins from looting after the ...

Monumental FollySaddam Hussein’s 1980s “reconstruction” of Nebuchadrezzar II’s palace was built over the ruins of Babylon, near Baghdad. Like many before him, Hussein shaped it in his own ...

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World ... order to build a replica on top of some of the original ruins. After the Gulf War, he also built an extravagant ...

With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum Although ten years have barely elapsed since the first ...

has employed a party of gentlemen to ex-1 plore the site of ancient Babylon. From re-! ports received from them, it appears that I they have ascertained, beyond reasonable 1 doubt, that the ruins ...

In 2001, the organisation called the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) decided to organise a popularity poll to replace the old Seven Wonders with new ones. Let's look at each of the winners ...

Tarsus, Turkey, plays an important part in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As well as its significance for the Abrahamic ...

Whether being lost to war, natural disaster or just years of gradual erosion, some of the world’s once-great cities have vanished through history, often leaving evidence of their existence in ...

With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum ...