What the Seven Ancient Wonders would look like now

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...
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Babylon was once an ancient wonder. Today it’s a very different story

Hillah, Iraq (CNN) — The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that ...
The Washington Post

Babylon's Ancient Wonder, Lying in Ruins

HILLA, Iraq -- Maytham Hamzah cast his eyes toward the remains of King Nebuchadnezzar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II's guest palace in Babylon http ...
Yahoo

In Iraq's Babylon, age-old building techniques heal climate scars

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and the ...
Reuters

Babylon's future written in its ruins

BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - For a site whose historical importance ranks with Egypt's Pyramids, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has suffered some rough treatment. In recent times, U.S. troops ...
Reuters

In Iraq's Babylon, age-old building techniques heal climate scars

Climate change raises salt levels around ancient Babylon Salinity corrodes ruins of humanity's oldest monuments Archaeologist laments lack of government funding RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq, Oct 28 (Thomson ...