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Babylon is coming back to life, with its famed Ishtar Gate to be restored by this summer. A new World Monuments Fund project in conjunction with the US embassy in Baghdad aims to repair Iraqi...
In 2006, I wrote my first non-fiction book, “Epicenter,” in which I explained that according to Bible prophecy, the ancient and long-forgotten city of Babylon will one day be literally...
Babylon Rebuilt? It is also recorded that Babylon would never be inhabited again after its destruction: Jer 50:39 - So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there [Babylon] and ostriches will dwell there.
From its peak as the Neo-Babylonian capital under King Nebuchadnezzar through its heavy-handed 1987 reconstruction by Saddam Hussein to its post-invasion demise when American and Polish troops ran roughshod over its ruins and ISIS threatened its very existence, the ancient city has witnessed empires come and go.
The ancient site of Babylon in Iraq has undergone a lot of damage in recent years but archeologists hope it will still get special status.
During the late 20th century, under the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein, Iraq embarked on a highly ambitious and controversial project: the reconstruction of the ancient city of Babylon.
The gate, featuring wild bulls and mušhuššu-dragons, was erected in three phases and served as the entrance to the ancient city of Babylon in southern Mesopotamia. Archaeologists faced uncertainties about the timeline of construction phases following Nebuchadnezzar II’s initial order.
Widely known for its legendary Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Babylon today is home to national treasures such as Ishtar Gate and the Lion of Babylon. The site’s remains were first excavated by Robert Koldewey, a German architect, at the end of the nineteenth century.
The ancient city has undergone major restoration work over the past decade, in order to undo some of the damage done by Saddam Hussein and, later, US troops
The nonprofit fund’s Future of Babylon project, financed partly by the United States State Department, has shored up walls in danger of falling and stabilized the iconic Lion of Babylon statue.