One area on the map is described as a place "where ... This belief in Babylon’s exceptional nature in the ancient world is a ...
Beyond the ocean at the top of the map, the area is labeled ... king of the ancient city of Shuruppak in southern Iraq, who was said to have survived the great Babylonian flood by building a ...
The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations ...