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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 26 > After years of war and abuse, new hope for ancient Babylon

After years of war and abuse, new hope for ancient Babylon

International team working to solve site’s most dire problem: damage from water

By John Noble Wilford / The Bulletin
March 26, 2010

The most immediate threat to preserving the ruins of Babylon, the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is water soaking the ground and undermining what is left in present-day Iraq of a great city from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar II.

It is also one of the oldest threats. The....

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