This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection/Age ...

Walking towards the worst ending ever?: Margot Robbie and Diego Calva in ‘Babylon’ (Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures) This visual assault of a sequence, which is also interspersed with cringeworthy ...

Babylon was one of the glories of the ancient world, its walls and mythic hanging gardens listed among the Seven Wonders. Founded about 4,000 years ago, the ancient city was the capital of 10 ...

The first known roof gardens are thought to be the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia, the most famous of which is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Usually ...