“The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II is said to have erected here, in the 6th century BC, the Tower of Babel dedicated to the god Marduk. But also the double door of the city in honor of the goddess Ishtar and the hanging gardens
”, explains Jeff Allen, director of the NGO World Monuments Fund, in the unpublished documentary
Babylon, the city of wonders
.
In this dense film, illustrated with scenes of experimental archeology, we follow the American researcher accompanied by his Iraqi counterparts, a hundred kilometers south of Baghdad.
It is here, on the site of the ancient city, in the heart of the Mesopotamia of yesteryear, that the team tries to discover the reality hidden behind the legend.
Plant masterpiece
Did all the masterpieces of the city described in the Old Testament really exist?
And if so, can we locate them precisely?
Not easy for Jeff Allen to answer these questions.
First, because the remains of Babylon, unearthed at the beginning of the 20th century, are few in number.
Then because they
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