The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
TV review
Comet of the Century – A Horizon Special; Stonehenge: Walking Through History; Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden: Secret History; Morecambe and Wise: the Whole StorySam Wollaston: There's no Doctor Who here – just an amazing comet passing Earth, and the secrets of Stonehenge
Babylon's hanging garden: ancient scripts give clue to missing wonder
A British academic has gathered evidence suggesting garden was created at Nineveh, 300 miles from Babylon
Saviour of Iraq's antiquities flees to Syria
· Violence and Sadrists drive away archaeologist
· Looting fear as funds run out to pay protection force
Months of war that ruined centuries of history
Hanging Garden and Tower of Babel
The end of civilisation
Iraq is one huge world heritage site, a unique storehouse of art and archaeology. Now the war threatens to destroy it all, says Fiachra Gibbons.
Iraq appeals to Berlin for return of Babylon gate
Iraq urges Germany today to return chunks of Babylon shipped to Berlin at the beginning of the last century in a heritage seizure which makes Britain's removal of the Parthenon Marbles look tame.
