Why is Babylon empty?

After Alexander's death, however, the extent to which the empire was fought over saw the city's inhabitants flee, and Babylon steadily fell into ruin. In the 1980s, Babylon was extensively reconstructed by the Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, so there is little of the original city that is still visible.



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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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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 remains of the city are in present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 km (53 mi) south of Baghdad, and its boundaries have been based on the perimeter of the ancient outer city walls, an area of about 1,054.3 hectares (2,605 acres).

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Historians have only been able to agree on one thing: The tower was said to reach up to the sky. Herodotus, the Father of History, described this symbol of Babylon as a wonder of the world. The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq.

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