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Archive Home > 2011 > January > 03 > Aiming, again, to revive Babylon’s ruins

Aiming, again, to revive Babylon’s ruins

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
January 3, 2011

JIMIJMA, Iraq — The damage done to the ruins of ancient Babylon is visible from a small hilltop near the Tower of Babel, whose biblical importance is hard to envision from what is left of it today.

Across the horizon are guard towers, concertina wire and dirt-filled barriers among the palm....

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