Saving Babylon Will Be Hard

Babylon was a Mesopotamian city state, a "holy city" located in the region of the modern Al Hillah, Babil Province in Iraq, approximately 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The history of Babylon started at the dawn of the 3rd millennium BC and, throughout its lifes... [ read more >> ]

The Iraqi national museum in Baghdad, looted in 2003

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The Iraqi national museum in Baghdad, looted in 2003