- Built several centuries ago, the walls of Babylon are situated 85km south of Baghdad.
- The ancient city of Babylon in Mesopotamia was protected by these walls.
- The Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate and the main entrance to the inner city of Babylon, was considered one of the world’s wonders for its beautiful design and relief work.
- Many of the walls of Babylon, like the ancient city itself, is now in ruins due to damage caused by reconstruction ordered by former President Saddam Hussein in the 1980s and more recently, the U.S. military occupation.
- Like the Hanging Gardens, they were included among the “world’s seven wonders,” and, according to every account given of them, their magnitude and construction were remarkable.
- The supposed height of the walls was improbable, as it is unlikely that mud-brick construction material described would have been solid enough to support the weight of such a structure, and exploration has shown that the length of this wall seems to have been closer to twelve miles around.
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