How long did Babylon last?

Ancient Babylon was an influential city that served as a center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two millennia, from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C. It was located near the Euphrates River, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Baghdad in what is now Iraq.



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Long ago, the once-mighty Babylon and its gargantuan tower sunk into the sands of the Iraqi desert and disappeared. Archaeologists have been working ceaselessly and successfully since 1811 to excavate the capital of the Ancient World.

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Is Babylon inhabited today? No, but the site was once again open to tourists in 2009. However, after years of destruction, there is not much left of the historical ruins today. You can see the rebuilt ruins from Saddam Hussein's area.

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But today, with renewed internal and foreign tourism and funding from the US embassy and other international donors, Babylon is coming back to life.

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