The name Baby­lon con­jured up images of ancient empires, hang­ing gar­dens, and epic bat­tles between Alexan­der the Great and Per­sian kings.
It is fair to say that restora­tion and preser­va­tion have rather tak­en a back seat here in recent times, but you can still take in some of the majes­tic cas­tles here as well as the vast remains of Home­ra. As you explore Baby­lon, know that you are walk­ing in the foot­steps of great emper­ors of this part of the world, and you can mar­vel at arti­facts such as grace­ful­ly crum­bling lion stat­ues and imag­ine how the Hang­ing Gar­dens of Baby­lon would once have looked.