Where is ancient Babylon located today?

Today, Babylon is located within modern-day Iraq, roughly 50 miles south of Baghdad. The city originally dates to around 2,000 BCE, and over several millennia it has encompassed a blend of artistic, architectural, and cultural achievements under different empires.



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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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It was aerial photography, however, that provided the first real clues as to the location of the tower. The photographs show the tower's square-shaped outline in the center of the city. Today, nothing remains but a watering hole.

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But the glory days of Babylon were short-lived. As foretold by Old Testament prophets, the grand ancient city fell to the Persians in 539 B.C.E. and slowly crumbled over centuries of foreign invasions and occupations.

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The ruins of Babylon are located 88km south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Our tours to Iraq begin in either Baghdad or Najaf, both of which have well connected airports. Access to Babylon was reopened to tourists in 2009 but so far few foreign tourists have made the journey.

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Today here in Iraq where they are said to have flourished long ago, one only finds ruins and rubble.

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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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