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Wide of Processional Way in Babylon city 2. Medium of Processional Way in Babylon city 3. Medium of Babylon Lion 4. Close up of Babylon Lion5. Pan to Processional Way 6. Wide of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBabylon ruins 85km south of Baghdad - 18 September 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Processional Way in Babylon city \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of Processional Way in Babylon city \u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium of Babylon Lion \u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of Babylon Lion\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan to Processional Way \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of interior of ruins in Babylon \u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of cracked wall ruins showing aurochs (extinct type of ancient cattle) and barbed wires around the buildings \u003cbr/\u003eLondon - November 11, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of original tiles from Ishtar Gate at British Museum exhibition \u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of stone tablets with inscriptions (shows cuneiform, the alphabet of syllables)\u003cbr/\u003e10. Zoom in to small replica of tower of Babel\u003cbr/\u003e11. Pull focus on small replica of Processional Way \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. John Curtis, Keeper of the Middle East Collection at the British Museum:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What I found were long trenches which had been dug through previously undisturbed archaeological deposits, earth removed from the surface of the site to fill sand bags and HESCO containers, large areas of the site flattened and covered with gravel and chemically treated, a fuel depot and parts of the ancient Ishtar gateway damaged by souvenir hunters.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various shots of stone artifacts in exhibition.\u003cbr/\u003e14. Set up shot of Dr. Irving Finkel\u003cbr/\u003e15.  SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Irving Finkel, Curator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our idea has been that visitors who come to this exhibition, they understand once and for all that Babylon was a real place, a very important ancient capital and that it was in Iraq, what is Iraq today, and that all sorts of things happened there, some to do with mythology, some to do with archaeology, we put them all together to show in a way how an important thing in the world grows and develops in people's minds and also, to examine one or two real things that have come down to us from ancient babylonian culture, like measuring time or the horoscope and things like that as well. There's a whole mixture of different complicated issues, all put together in one, long, adventurous, meandering river.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of zodiac and horoscope items in exhibit\u003cbr/\u003e17. William Blake painting of King Nebuchadnezzar's Madness\u003cbr/\u003eBabylon - April 23, 2003 \u003cbr/\u003e18. US soldiers enter replica of Ishtar gates of Babylon\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of soldiers walking around Babylon compound\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of walls \u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of looted and burned souvenir shop\u003cbr/\u003e22. US soldiers walking around walls\u003cbr/\u003e23. Iraqi guide explaining walls to soldiers\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various US helicopter flying over Saddam Hussein's former residence on hill overlooking complex \u003cbr/\u003e25.  Two US soldiers sitting on giant statue of lion\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. John Curtis, Keeper of the Middle East Collection at the British Museum:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's quite shocking that the coalition authorities decided to establish a military camp at Babylon. It is one of the most famous and iconic sights in the whole of the ancient world, and it actually was quite unnecessary to establish a camp there, and it's very unfortunate that damage was done to this site which is probably the most important and the best known site in Iraq. So, when I went in December 2004 and saw the extent of the damage I really was quite shocked. But hopefully now, people can take steps to start putting it right and to make sure that Babylon is properly looked after in the future.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBabylon -  September 18 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of ruins of Babylon city \u003cbr/\u003eBabylon - July 16, 2003 \u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide Camp Babel palm trees and water\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of soldiers and camp \u003cbr/\u003eBabylon is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, where Nebuchadnezzar II is believed to have built the Hanging Gardens. \u003cbr/\u003eNow a new exhibition at the British Museum shows the rich legacy left behind in mathematics, science, astrology, architecture, language and religion. \u003cbr/\u003eRecently AP cameras were granted rare access to one of Iraq's ancient archaeological treasures, which are falling into a state of disrepair. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was one of the world's first and greatest cities: the place of a thousand languages, where astronomers mapped the stars millennia ago and Hammurabi wrote the first code of law.\u003cbr/\u003eKing Nebuchadnezzar II is believed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon here, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. \u003cbr/\u003eToday there is no trace of the Hanging Gardens, said to have been built for the homesick wife of King Nebuchadnezzar II. \u003cbr/\u003eLittle actually remains of the ancient capital of Mesopotamia, often referred to the cradle of civilisation, located around 85 kilometres south of modern Baghdad. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Associated Press was recently granted one of the few filming permits issued by Iraq's government since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. \u003cbr/\u003eThe site has the aura of a theme park touched by the ambition of dictator Saddam Hussein and the opportunism of looters. \u003cbr/\u003eModern walkways run beside crumbling old walls, a reconstructed Greek theatre and a palace built for Saddam atop an artificial hill.\u003cbr/\u003eNow, for the first time, global institutions led by the U.N. Are thoroughly documenting the damage and how to fix it.\u003cbr/\u003eA UNESCO report due out early next year will cite Saddam's construction but focus, at the Iraqi government's request, on damage done by U.S. forces from April to September 2003, and the Polish troops deployed\u003cbr/\u003ethere for more than a year afterward.\u003cbr/\u003eDr. John Curtis, keeper of the Middle East collections at the British Museum and a contributor to the upcoming UNESCO report, was one of the first to discover and document the post-invasion damage to Babylon in December 2004. \u003cbr/\u003eDr. Curtis is currently involved in a new exhibition on Babylon which opens at the British Museum in London on November 13, 2008. \u003cbr/\u003eHe describes what he saw when he visited the ancient site in 2004. \u003cbr/\u003e\"What I found were long trenches which had been dug through previously undisturbed archaeological deposits, earth removed from the surface of the site to fill sand bags and HESCO containers, large areas of the site flattened and covered with gravel and chemically treated, a fuel depot and parts of the ancient Ishtar gateway damaged by souvenir hunters.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe British Museum exhibit hopes to separate the myth of Babylon from reality. \u003cbr/\u003eCurator Dr Irving Finkel says that Babylonian ideas still influence modern culture today, for example horoscopes and measuring time.  \u003cbr/\u003eAncient surviving blue and aquamarine enamelled bricks of the famous Ishtar Gate on show in London, have not been previously seen in Britain.\u003cbr/\u003eThe mosaics depict images of one of the most popular mythical creatures, Mushushshu, the dragon companion to Marduk, the God of Babylon.\u003cbr/\u003eOn display are stone tablets of various shapes and sizes showing Cuneiform, the alphabet of syllables used by the ancient King Nebuchadnezzar to tell the stories of his reign. \u003cbr/\u003eSlabs with writings from the reign of Cyrus, the Persian ruler that invaded Babylon in the sixth century are also on show. \u003cbr/\u003eDeeper into the exhibit, focus shifts to the depiction of Babylon in art. \u003cbr/\u003eBabylon features in the Christian bible where it is often presented as place a immorality and alienation. \u003cbr/\u003eIt also becomes a recurring theme in artworks about the meaning of human communication, identity and alienation from God. \u003cbr/\u003eWilliam Blake's paintings and wood prints are among the creative interpretations of the tower of Babel, the whore of Babylon and the ancient kings and their courts.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Babylon exhibit showcases a collection of 100 items on loan from the Louvre in Paris, Berlin's Pergamon (Staatliche) Museum as well as related items from the British Museum's own collection. \u003cbr/\u003eAlthough it had been hoped the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad would contribute to the exhibit, the uncertain security status of the area at the time the exhibit was organised prevented the loan of priceless treasures. \u003cbr/\u003eDr. Curtis says that he was surprised to see coalition troops using the ancient monuments as a base when in visited the site in 2004. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's quite shocking that the coalition authorities decided to establish a military camp at Babylon. It is one of the most famous and iconic sights in the whole of the ancient world, and it actually was quite unnecessary to establish a camp there, and it's very unfortunate that damage was done to this site which is probably the most important and the best known site in Iraq. So, when I went in December 2004 and saw the extent of the damage I really was quite shocked. But hopefully now, people can take steps to start putting it right and to make sure that Babylon is properly looked after in the future.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe hope is that the UNESCO report will pave the way for Iraqi archaeologists, perhaps with foreign help to repair some of the damage, to record the data and to prepare a management and conservation plan to protect Babylon in the future. \u003cbr/\u003eArchaeologists hope the effort will lead someday to new digging to follow up on the breakthrough excavations done by a German team in the early 1900s, when the building plans of the tower of Babel were first discovered.\u003cbr/\u003eThe U.S. also says it will help rehabilitate Babylon, funding an effort by the World Monuments Fund and Iraq's State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Americans have yet to release precise funding figures.\u003cbr/\u003eThe British Museum exhibit runs from November 13, 2008 to March 15, 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