Visiting Babylon

A conversation with Lisa Ackerman, World Monuments Fund, and Beth Harris, Smarthistory. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

[mohamadjaddo]

As an Iraqi i thank you for your efforts. Babylon holds a special place in all our hearts. It pains us like nothing else to see our history and ancient sites fade away because of mismanagement and war. I had the pleasure of visiting the site today and i was pleased to see that there were some obvious improvements although there is still much to be done to preserve this treasure.

[venkataramanaraomuddu]

Babylon is one of the most ancient and grand cities.. Its ruins should be preserved and renovated. I hope the people of Iraq will attain peace and prosperity recovering from the present turmoil .

[matatanXtreme]

I am from Dominican Republic, I met some Iraqi people for the first time while living in Holland, our Caribbean-Middle east culture immediately connected and to this day I think Iraqis are one of the most respectful and nicest people around. I hope your country finds peace, you deserve it,

[shellasanga]

I'm from Philippines.I just read the bible today from the old testament, & I read the story about babylon & decided to find out the real history of it & i was so amazed..it is exactly how it describe in the bible.really GOD is so amazing!!!

[marcellofirenze]

Thank you with Love from Iraq. We grew up loving our country Iraq . I am grateful to you for your efforts to inform and educate. This gives us hope. Thank you

[Skiingismedicine]

I got to visit the ruins over a dozen times while serving in Army in Iraq. I feel very lucky and grateful to have experienced Babylon. Sending love and positive energy to the people of Iraq and the middle east. Im sorry for what has happend to your beautiful country.

[TheOne-bssn]

This channel is so well researched and just incredible. Thank you for everything you do.

[stargazeronesixseven]

OMG! This is a Rare Well Organised Tour of the Magnificent & Famous City of Babylon indeed! Thank You So Much for the Professional Efforts! 🕯🌷🌿🌎💖

[AMEENHAI]

i still remember our school trip to Babylon in the seventies, it was breathtaking experience for me to the degree that i applied the names of "Cuneiform" and Babylon City to my companies that are still operating over there in Iraq.

[jbevolve]

When I was in Iraq I had a chance to go visit this site...I am so glad I took the opportunity.

[Sman]

I have always wanted to visit the ancient city of Babylon and check out the old monuments.

[Beautybizz]

Iraqi culture is interesting so much hidden information is still unfound!

[superfly]

Amazing! This used to be perhaps the most important civilization in the world that lasted a long long time.

[bella-wtxo]

I was born in Iraq, and remember the school trips, to Babylon very memorable.
Love to go and see it again.

[julee]

I'm a New Zealander, would love to visit this beautiful historical site❤️🙏bucket list ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[toriemh]

Babylon has always fascinated me. What a wonderful place of beauty and power. I wonder if Babylon will be rebuilt soon.

[vikenmekhtarian]

i learned so much more from this than many dramatizations copied from wikipedia that you see on Youtube. Thank You

[userprofilename]

This was an excellent mini doc on this subject. I teach University History. And have been to Babylon many times but years ago And yes even though it was mud brick. It must have been quite something. The core base of most things in ancient world were stone or mud brick but the grand and gorgeous cosmetic beauty is gone mostly. So people think jut because they only see brick this means there was no beauty but that is a bad way of deducing the cosmetic architecture one cannot see today. Those entrance gates are a fine example and one can only imagine the murals, gardens palaces and grandness that is gone today. Like Roman palaces only brick is left there but we know they were quite grand. And for this to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world one can easily imagine what this could have looked like. And how grand and gorgeous in reality it really was.
Thank you for sharing this. Loved it.

[mohammadalzammam]

One of my dreams is to be able to visit Babylon, i really wish for Iraq to be at peace, so we can see its true beauty :) peace from Saudi Arabia.

[capunkmelky]

Thank you for sharing.
Good videos & i like.
Greetings from Kefamenanu, Indonesia 🙏