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2019-07-06 Iraq

UNESCO lists Iraq’s Babylon as World Heritage Site

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Posted by Fred 2019-07-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#1 Not Bee

Posted by Frank G 2019-07-06 05:56|| 2019-07-06 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 civilization of writing,administration and science,

No wonder the UN wants it. It's the homeland for bureaucrats everywhere.

Posted by AlanC 2019-07-06 07:46|| 2019-07-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd much rather visit Babylon 5...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-06 09:53|| 2019-07-06 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Saddam had a plan to turn it into a theme park with monorails, etc. He passed away before he could see the task to completion. Impressive small museum and gift shop, it it's still open for business. Hat tip to UNESCO on this one.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-06 10:01|| 2019-07-06 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 What other foundational sites does UNESCO want to ~~commercialize~~ promote? Cannibal villages? Bolshevik mass graves? Gulags? One wonders...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-06 10:07|| 2019-07-06 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 MM, it predates Arab conquest by a couple thousand years

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-07-06 10:36|| 2019-07-06 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 We got no truck wi' Babylon, mon. Jah love!
/takes big hit off a splif

Posted by SteveS 2019-07-06 10:55|| 2019-07-06 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 The spirit actuating the UN leadership cannot but return to its roots.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-06 12:52|| 2019-07-06 12:52|| Front Page Top

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