By the rivers of Babylon: Nikki van_der_Gaag gets a rare glimpse of the temples and palaces of ancient Iraq, all closed since the Gulf War.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 1999, July 1999
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By the rivers of Babylon: Nikki van_der_Gaag gets a rare glimpse of the temples and palaces of ancient Iraq, all closed since the Gulf War.
It is easy to forget the other Iraq; the ancient land of Mesopotamia. And yet here is a place which inhabits the collective psyche of the West. A land where the Garden of Eden mythically bloomed. Nineveh, where Jonah is reputed to be buried. The sit...
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