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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nevertheless, by doing this, the CDU and BSW are handing the AfD a whole new lot of opportunities to engage in obstruction ...

"And if history's clear, someone always ends up in ruins/And what seemed like fate becomes ‘What the hell was I doing?'/Babylon lovers hangin' lifetimes on a vine/Do you miss mine?" she asks on ...

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