(Jeremiah 51:43. No-- the complete absence of Inhabitants at Babylon has never occurred. Revelation 14:8 says Babylon the Great is fallen, "she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality." She is only called great for her extensive tentacular reach, like the tentacles of an octopus. Prophecies about Babylon in Jeremiah (and the entire Old Testament) specify "Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer 50:1; Isa 13:19, etc.). But they were hardly the first encroachment. US soldiers take pictures of the Ishtar Gate in the ancient city of Babylon, on September 28, 2003. He told me he absolutely loved the idea of rebuilding Babylon. Should we believe the Apostle John, the author of the Book of Revelation, that Babylon will one day become a great city and a center of extravagant luxury, as he wrote in Revelation chapter 18? Although Saddam Hussein attempted to revive it during the 1970s, he was ultimately unsuccessful due to regional conflicts and wars. Yet, in every case, there exists PHOTOGRAPHS. History shows that every single one of these prophecies remains unfulfilled. Forget the Gap Theory-It's Genesis As Written! According to Christian Post: "The Bible not only shows that a literal Babylon will exist at the end of our age, but it will be resurrected in the same location as its ancient predecessor in the. This is this is good, OK. ALLEN: But if he gets too high, it looks like melted chocolate. Some of the walls, with their 2,500-year-old clay reliefs of dragons and bulls associated with the gods still stand. The rebuilding of Babylon by Don Koenig Scripture says Babylon will be completely destroyed and no one will ever live there again. Just north of Mecca, is the city of Jeddah, where they are actively building what will be the tallest building in the world. Allen argues that the bad restoration during Saddam Hussein's era and even the damage done by the military should be seen by UNESCO as another part of Babylon's history. History carving of Hammurabi Though traces of prehistoric settlement exist, Babylon's development as a major city was late by Mesopotamian standards; no mention of it existed before the 23rd century bce. . With support from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy Baghdad,, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, and the J. M. Kaplan Fund. It was great and terrible Nebuchadnezzar II who rebuilt Babylon as a magnificent paean to the creator god Marduk. According to legend, it may also have been home to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (see sidebar), and a hubristic sky-scraping temple that some historians believe inspired the biblical Tower of Babel. Now, Babylon, like many of Iraqs archaeological sites, has fallen into disrepair. Starting in 1983, Saddam Hussein, imagining himself as heir to Nebuchadnezzar, ordered the rebuilding of . It was one of the cities founded by King Nimrod, according to Genesis 10:9-10. Babylon flourished in 1894 BC . "And Babylon the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. So it looked more like an archaeological site than it did a minimal correctional facility. . "And they will not take from you even a stone for a corner, Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD. Still, Iraqis though preoccupied with the countrys precarious security situation and pressing political and financial problems feel a deep connection here. A century ago, German archaeologists carted off the most significant parts of the city. Back in the 1970s, Saddam Hussein tried to recover the city's lost glory, but his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. At ancient Babylon's Ishtar Gate -- workers labour with a heavy saw, hammers, a chisel and . The Babylonian empire fell in 539 B.C.E. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. The location is less than four miles from the Capitol Building Babylon will be destroyed with fire from heaven as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Rev. Under the ruthless and ambitious King Nebuchadnezzar II, the sprawling settlement in modern-day Iraq grew into a major city as large as Chicago, and boasted towering temples, ornately tiled palaces and imposing city walls thick enough for two chariots to pass each other side by side. Stones reused (recycled) 4. Jeremiah 51:26. To his credit, his budget for upkeep was much higher than the one currently managed by the Iraqi government, but his labour of love and self-aggrandisementhe had stones inscribed with his name as in other ancient sitesalso involved much heavy-handed reconstruction in the 1980s and 90s, often using cement bricks and other inappropriate building materials. For thousands of years, the Bible has adamantly stated that Babylon would be rebuilt, and would be the seat of power for the despot of the world. BABYLON, Iraq Ammar al-Taee, an Iraqi archaeologist, picked up a clay panel fallen from one of the ancient walls of Babylon. PART 1 PROMINENCE of Eastern Leg main page, PART 2 PROMINENCE of Eastern Leg main page, The Signs 'Time Warp' Acceleration (prophetic "EVENT-TIME". Few believed me at the time. PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF of the flourishing of Trees & Greenery (Gardens, Groves) at Babylon 5. And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Much of the problem is that most of the four-mile-square city has never been excavated or even surveyed. "And he will make a firm covenant [peace treaty] with the many for one week [week of years = 7 years], but in . According to an About.com article, "Saddam Hussein said that Babylon's great palaces and the legendary hanging gardens of Babylon (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) would rise from the dust.". But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. The local tourist board says the best recent year for Iraqi tourists was 2017, when more than 35,000 visited. 4. then Literal Babylon must Rise Again to meet its Final Fall in the future. Now Iraqi officials are hoping to get back to the ambitious construction and investment plans they were hoping to pursue soon after the country was liberated from Saddam Hussein in the spring of 2003, and rebuilding Babylon is one of their most intriguing priorities. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Mohaned Ahmed is sponging the bricks around the relief of a dragon with a serpent's head. It is only some large and well-known buildings that are excavated, said Olof Pedersen, professor emeritus in Assyriology at Swedens Uppsala University and a consultant to the World Monuments Fund. In February 2021, National Public Radio reportedon the state of tourism in Babylon. Skeptics and cynics abound, but there is growing evidence the Iraqi government is serious about rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world. And the "new Babylon" has been located in New York City since 1952. Jeremiah 51:49. On April 18, 2006, the New York Timesreportedin a front-page story that Babylon, the mud-brick city with the million-dollar name, has paid the price of war. As some of its walls crumble, preservationists are fighting to preserve the past. Terrorist insurgencies. Skeptics and cynics abound, to be sure, but the fact is Babylon is being rebuilt right now, in part with U.S. taxpayer funds. Saddam Hussein has attempted to rebuild it in an effort to. Although some of the recreations were damaged during the prolonged occupations of the Iraq War (2003-11), many of the gaudily painted buildings remain and are open to the public, including Saddam's Babylonian palace. Later excavations, undertaken by the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, established that the city had been built and rebuilt several times, most notably on a lavish scale by its king, Nebuchadrezzar II (reigned 605-561 B.C.E . Babylon, being in the middle of the desert, had no such natural greenery, however; calling into question of how such lushness would have survived in the dryness of the desert. The organisation also assisted with a Unesco World Heritage nomination for Babylon that culminated in its inscription in July 2019 and helped with the conservation and stabilisation of the Lion of Babylon. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. And we say, embrace it. Unfortunately it has no Scriptural validity and contradicts the plain statements of God's Word. Most of Babylon was rebuilt by Saddam Hussein on its old foundations, but pictured here is the original Ishtar gate Credit: Getty - Contributor 10 The Palace, which is adjacent to the remains. In 2009 CE, the local government of Babylon opened the city to the public. Evil Babylon, the antithesis of Jerusalem, the good city, prompted its own literature in the 1990s, and [Tim] LaHayes tens of millions of readers praised his series as making the Bible and its supposed predictions come alive, sniped Phillips in his own 2006 book, American Theocracy,in which he mocked prophecy believers who accept the biblical view that Babylon will one day actually be rebuilt on its ancient ruins.. The Processional Way led to the Ishtar Gate, the city's grand northern entrance. (Washington, D.C., June 29, 2009) -- Keep your eye on Iraq. CHART BELOW: Here is a visual look at these unfulfilled prophecies. Two millennia of looting and warfare reduced Babylon to the barest of ruins. The projects at the Ishtar Gate and Ninmakh Temple, launched in 2016 and 2019 respectively, will be the beneficiaries of the US embassy funding. A replica of the Ishtar Gate built in the 1950s, when Iraq first started developing the remains of Babylon as a tourist site. Are there any signs of Babylon being rebuilt? But it's never been listed as a modern World Heritage Site by the United Nations. There are continuing efforts to rebuild the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar's palace complex, headed up by The World Monuments Fund. PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF that not only one--but six (6)-- prophecies about Babylon of Chaldea (Iraq) remain UnfulfilledBabylon must be Rebuilt so thesesix (6) prophecies can be literally fulfilled. Past a Disneyesque recreation of the Ishtar Gate you could choose a postcard from a rotating metal rack and post it in the metal mailbox. This initiative led to the creation of the Future of Babylon project in 2008, designed to serve as a template for documenting heritage, assessing conditions, and developing conservation plans at sites across the country. by Nebuchadnezzars father, Nabopolassar, and adorned with brick reliefs of the Babylonian gods Marduk and Adad.. Now, she said, we see that after decades the cement is damaging things.. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. But as has so often been the case for Babylon over the years, the biggest threats to the fragile site are human-made. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Foreign language spoken). . No archaeological evidence has uncovered the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, reputed to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Palace, which is adjacent to the remains of the ancient city of Babylon, was purged of anything of value by looters as Saddam's regime fell in April 2003 Credit: Getty Images - Getty. Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ancient gardens considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and thought to have been located near the royal palace in Babylon. As the country. ARRAF: This latest project, funded by the U.S., has Allen training local residents of Babylon to replace the mud mortar between the ancient bricks in the Ishtar Gate, the city's grand entrance. All Arab News The World Monuments Fund assisted in the conservation of the famous Lion of Babylon Photo: Hadani Ditmars. Babylon is also believed to be home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Saddam actually began rebuilding the city of Babylon in the 1980s, but ran out of money during his war with Iraq. Babylon must be Rebuilt so these six (6) prophecies can be literally fulfilled. is a trademark of World Monuments Fund. The earliest king to unite warring Mesopotamian tribes into a single powerful city-state was the remarkable Hammurabi in the 18th century B.C.E. So, should we believe the Hebrew prophets such as Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel that Babylon will really rise again in the last days? Allen has been coming back to Babylon for nine years with the World Monuments Fund. Although the war significantly reduced tourism in the region, in recent years thousands of Iraqis visit the site each year. No, but the site was once again open to tourists in 2009. Tracking news and events in the Middle East and North Africa for the worlds 600 million Evangelicals launching on September 1st! The ancient city of Babylon is a World Heritage Site, but it faces threats old and new. The Book Of Revelation, apocalyptic and foreboding, is actually "FRAMED" by the GOSPEL OF SALVATION in Jesus Christ. A fascinating story is being written in the shifting sands of Arabia. Others think the gardens never existed, as no archaeological evidence has been found, nor was it mentioned in contemporary Babylonian texts. Should we believe him when he describes Babylon as one of the worlds great commercial hubs, where the merchants of the world come to trade great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls, along with all kinds of other expensive goods and services that entice the kings of the world and draw ships from everywhere on the planet (Revelation 18:9-12)? The elements and damaging reconstruction have left walls crumbling, and construction and fuel pipelines threaten. Universal peace will follow the destruction. The restoration installed heavier modern bricks atop the ancient original ones. Babylon's ruins, reconstructed in part by Saddam Hussein, lie about an hour and a half's drive south of today's Baghdad. The concept of Babylon being rebuilt has attracted a great deal of speculation over recent years, and I suspect it has sold many books on the subject. 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BELOW: A closer look at the inscription on the back of the photograph. The Babylonian Exile (586-538) marks an epochal dividing point in Old Testament history, standing between. Its a sense of pride to have Babylon a World Heritage Site, and during that process the state board for heritage was able to get people to behave better, Mr. Allen said. For hundreds of years until the mid-1900s, Babylon suffered the ignominy of surrounding townspeople dismantling its walls to cart away the ancient bricks for their own building projects. And the bricks just fall apart. It is still called Babylon and is situated in the Babylon Governorate of Iraq, on the Euphrates River south of Baghdad. AFTER the FINAL FALL of Babylon, the site will never again have. Along the way, Middle East trade routes shifted, and Babylon and its glorious history was abandoned and forgotten. Many historians now believe that the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon may actually have been built 300 miles (482 kilometers) away in Nineveh by King Sennacherib of the Assyrian Empire, rather than Nebuchadnezzar. It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Isaiah 13:20DID THAT HAPPEN? Dave Roos After 2003, there was a Polish military base here as part of the U.S.-led military occupation that included landing helicopters on the ancient site. Then, in a country under Saddam Husseins iron grip, the most joyous part of visiting was seeing families free of their worries for a few hours. To visit Babylon today, you have to go to Iraq, 55 miles south of Baghdad. to 540 B.C. But many of the bricks are crumbling, and as the water table rises, entire walls are in danger of falling. But if Babylon of Chaldea (Iraq) has already met its prophesied Final Fall, then it would be impossible to take a photograph of any inhabitants since that "Fall". Iraqi university students on their first visit to Babylon. Projects at Ishtar Gate and Ninmakh Temple, launched in 2016 and 2019 respectively, are still ongoing. And should thrill Jews and Christians. All of this coincides exactly with the prophecies of the Old Testament and shows that Babylon must be rebuilt in the Tribulation in order to be destroyed as prophesied in "the Day of the Lord." Construction on their second corporate headquarters is expected to begin next year and when completed in 2025 at a cost of $2.5 billion. Saddam Hussein, who saw himself as the successor to King Nebuchadnezzar, in the 1980s built a large palace overlooking the excavated remains. He also ordered parts of Babylon reconstructed, leading to most of the current conservation problems. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Olof Pedersen, a professor of Assyriology in Sweden, expects there are wonders underneath. Babylon-Stones founded and built Hillah, outgrowth city of Babylon. Just days after Hammurabi's death, Babylon's old enemies declared their independence and readied their armies for invasion. Some who have presented the case for a rebuilt Babylon seem predisposed to the idea that . OLOF PEDERSEN: We know the names of the different temples and approximate where they should be. Why is it an "interpretation-imperative" that we quit skipping over the word"Chaldea" ? The nonprofit funds Future of Babylon project, financed partly by the United States State Department, has shored up walls in danger of falling and stabilized the iconic Lion of Babylon statue. Mike Gendron, Proclaiming The Gospel Ministries. How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work. Widely known for its legendary Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Babylon today is home to national treasures such as Ishtar Gate and the Lion of Babylon. Jeremiah 51:12. HERE and HERE My eyes simply don't see that, either today, or throughout history "from generation to generation", as prophesied in the passage. Ruling from 605 to 562 B.C.E., Nebuchadnezzar extended the Babylonian empire across Egypt, Syria and the Kingdom of Judah, where he seized Jerusalem in 597 B.C.E., capturing tens of thousands of Israelites and dragging them off to Babylon as forced laborers where the Bible tells us they "wept" in exile by its rivers. 2. That's why it is an "interpretation-imperative" that we quit skipping over the word "Chaldea" ? ( Isaiah 47:5) Like the Egyptian and . After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, U.S. military contractors built a base on the site, digging trenches, driving armored vehicles on the fragile streets and filling sandbags with dirt mixed with pottery and bone shards. NOT YET! The story of Babylon is the ebb and flow of slaughter and mercy, war and peace, a microcosm of human history. Art historians referred to his attempt as Disney for a despot. Some of Saddams recreations were destroyed during wars in the region, though others remain accessible to the public today. Discover Babylon in Hillah, Iraq: Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war. The Greek historian Herodotus, writing centuries after Babylon's heyday, described eight towers stacked on top of one another. But no one has ever touched them. As part of its work at Ishtar Gate and Ninmakh Temple, WMF continues to train locally employed technicians and conservators and to conduct outreach to craftspeople in nearby communities to facilitate their involvement in the preservation process. and slowly crumbled over centuries of foreign invasions and occupations. Is Babylon, Iraq, the "Mother" of all religious "Harlots"?7. Nevertheless, many theories persisted regarding the structure and location of the gardens. Is America Babylon?6. Back in the 1970s, Saddam Hussein tried to recover the citys lost glory, but his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, however, Saddam Hussein ordered his archaeologists and engineers to begin excavating and rebuilding the city once home to the much-feared King Nebuchadnezzar, who took over most of the known world in his day, conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the nation of Judah, and enslaved the vast majority of Jews in the world at that time. 1.7K 234K views 15 years ago The New Babylon (Sep 1997) In the sixth century BC, Babylon, was the greatest city in the world. In 2006, I wrote my first non-fiction book, Epicenter,in which I explained that according to Bible prophecy, the ancient and long-forgotten city of Babylon will one day be literally rebuilt. European Union) advocating for "open borders" which basically says ANYONE can come here to live, work and play. In 538BC " Darius the Median " captured Babylon (Daniel 5:31). Indeed, they began rebuilding the famed Ishtar Gates and the citys walls, as well as restore the city walls and some of its buildings. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a17313b09d87d0d PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF of Shepherds and Sheep at Babylon 6. Nebachadnezzar was the most famous of Babylon's rulers, but he wasn't the first. The ancient city of Babylon plays a major role in the Bible, representing a rejection of the One True God. "Visitors can stroll through the remnants of the brick and clay structures which stretch across 10 square kilometers [3.8 square miles], and see the famed Lion of Babylon statue, as well as large portions of the original Ishtar Gate," reported Reuters in 2019. And Iraq will become vastly more attractive for investors and even for tourists. They include the foundation of the Ishtar Gate, built in the sixth century B.C. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Babylon. Babylon declined after it was occupied by Darius and has been totally destroyed; today it is like Sodom and Gomorrah - barren desert. The year before, many stayed away for fear of being caught up in violence at demonstrations in nearby cities., But some local investors believe in the promise of domestic tourism in places like this that have long been under-visited, she added. Colonial powers looted it, Saddam Hussein rebuilt it, U.S. and Polish troops made it a military camp, and now Babylon, Iraqis hope, will draw tourists. He concerned himself with food distribution and public safety in a city that represented something entirely new the intermingling of hordes of people from wildly different cultures. It is a clue to God's timetable because when the Temple is rebuilt the Antichrist will be set to confirm the covenant with Israel and begin the last 7 years of history for this age. The antiquities are beautiful, said Mr. Juwad, 23, an art student. The Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest recorded laws and punishment, came from Babylon. I certainly understand such views, but I completely disagree with them. Persian Period (539-322 BCE) 539 BCE - Persian Ruler Cyrus the Great Conquers Babylonian Empire, Including Jerusalem. Is Babylon inhabited today? Indeed, as I was doing research for Epicenter, I interviewed then-Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi. After a yearlong delay because of the pandemic, the World Monuments Fund team is back in Babylon, deciding how best to address the damage in places where trying to chisel out the concrete could do still more harm. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. But American archaeologist Jeff Allen says underneath it, the mud bricks and the mortar of what was the ancient world's grandest city have been disintegrating. Today there are 193 members, representing countries from all over the world. 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