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Babylon: the Mother of All Cities Children's Historical Fiction on Exploration & Discoveries and well-informed guide' The TimesBabylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword for sinful decadence. But Babylon was a real place teeming with life, a bustling mega city on the Euphrates where schoolteachers, artisans, priests, slaves, prostitutes and soldiers rubbed shoulders in maze like streets and busy marketplaces. The city was home to some extraordinary