Margot Robbie Is Right: Babylon Is Built to Last
Margot Robbie recently poured one out for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon and wondered if it could go down as a cult classic. We ...
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The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
Tommy Driskill in the ancient city of Babylon. A trip to Iraq had been long on his radar, he says. - Courtesy Tommy Driskill ...
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Green spaces in Iraq's Babylon province vanish as urban development surges, officials deflect responsibility
Environmental activists are urging strict measures against violators to protect Babylon's green spaces. They recommend ...
The Seven Wonders of the World travel guide: A bucket list for ancient travellers
More than 2,000 years ago, someone drafted a list of what they thought were the seven man-made wonders of the ancient world.
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Hidden Entrance to a Mysterious Ancient Temple Found Tucked Away in an Egyptian Cliff Face
Researchers have been carefully excavating the artifacts and decorative reliefs found at the 2,100-year-old site in the ...
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Noah’s Ark Shown on Ancient Babylonian Map
Archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam discovered the tablet in 1882 in Sippar, an ancient Babylonian city in present-day Iraq ... Within Mesopotamia, clear markings depict the Euphrates River, Babylon, and ...
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History of the Death Penalty
As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty has been established as a punishment for crimes. In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death ...
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Cultural heritage in ruins: How modern warfare has devastated the ancient cities of the Middle East
The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...