News on Babylon

Beach Human Remains

2010-12-14T13:01:59Z

Authorities search in the brush by the side of the road at Cedar Beach, near Babylon, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Police looking for a missing prostitute on Long Island's Fire Island have discovered three bodies and a set of skeletal remains near Oak Beach since Saturday. Investigators are considering the possibility that a serial killer may ...

Iraq Saving Babylon

2010-05-07T10:01:03Z

In this photo taken May 1, 2010, a brick indicating those added by workers employed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is seen with original bricks at the site of the ancient city of Babylon in southern Iraq. A U.S.-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq's ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over keeping t...

UNESCO Babylon

2010-04-06T05:29:32Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 24, 2009, John Russell from the U.S. State Department takes a photo during a visit with the World Monuments Fund to the archaeological site of Babylon about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of

UNESCO Babylon

2010-04-06T05:32:01Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 24, 2009, Gina Haney from the World Monuments Fund makes notes during a visit to the archaeological site of Babylon about 80 kilometers, 50 miles, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Margarete van Ess, German archaeologist from the Berlin Archaeological Institute, answers reporters during a press conference held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris Thursday July 9, 2009 . Mar...