Imagine Babylon, the ancient city of the East, and the result of two hundred years of research

Translation: Dr. عزالدين عناية Year of publication: 2016 Edition: 1 Number of pages: 619 pages Cover: Hardcover Publisher: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority The Babylonian prophecy and title mentioned at the beginning of the book both allude to the legend about the Tower of Babel, where the prophecy itself is both inspiration and example. Whether what happened was a legend or a historical context, a moral teaching or an inevitable fate, is of no consequence. It is certain that all ancient cities ultimately ended in ruin: that is, "Tell" as the Babylonians call it, which corresponds in Arabic to "Tell," and refers to hillocks composed of layers of debris from ancient sites. If the pride of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, when depicting his victorious and invading army "before a city and behind it ruin (Tell)," is a symbol of triumph, then the pride of modern archaeologists working on the lands of the East appears to be the opposite: "Before us is ruin, and behind us is a city." The discovery, whether related to ancient artifacts or old inscriptions of the ancient cities of the East, does not constitute a marginal chapter in our modern cultural history; rather, it is a significant addition in various cultural aspects, extending to historical events dating back to the last two centuries.