The 4,000-year-old city of Babylon, home to one of the seven original wonders of the world, the eponymous hanging gardens, wasn’t in great shape when U.S. Forces arrived, but they didn’t help things either. A new UNESCO reports says the military bulldozed ancient hilltops for parking lots, destroyed cuneiform covered bricks and pottery and stuffed sandbags with archaeological fragments during their ‘grave encroachment on this internationally known archeological site.†|Washington Post|
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US Military Caused ‘Major Damage’ to Babylon Ruins
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And drove their heavy equipment over delicate yet unexcavated deposits, while preserving the modern reconstruction of the Babylon gates. FYI, its more like 5-6,000 years ago that Babylon was first occupied.
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