[Ligeia]

Staff writer Dennis O'Brien is with Task Force Tarawa in Iraq. He has been with the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marines since they left the coast of North Carolina in mid-January.

[Publius]

In a much earlier era, the soldiers would have happily dropped in at the Temple of Astarte, the biggest whorehouse in the entire Middle East.

(Note to self: There's an idea for a tourist attraction.)

[My2Cents]

The famed Tower of Babel was just a large mound,
and the legendary Hanging Gardens could not be found,
but the sense of history was profound.

He's a poet, and he don't even know it.

[Thinkin' Gal]

``Words can't describe it -- the history of this place is just overwhelming,'' said Charlie Company Cpl. Rey Narvaiz of Houston. ``I stood on Alexander the Great's throne and got a picture of it.''

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Near the reconstructed arch of Ishtar, Navy chaplains and their escorts begin exploring ancient Babylon to gain perspective for their sermons. Photo by Dennis O'Brien / The Virginian-Pilot.

[eddiespaghetti]

the scene where so many Old Testament tales took place -- the Tower of Babel, Daniel and the lions' den, Queen Esther.

Not to quibble, but I think that the story of Queen Esther took place in Persia, in the city called Shushan (most likely Shushangird), not Babylon.

[Brad’s Gramma]

HERE!

[SunkenCiv]

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