The sound of hammers echoes from ancient brick as Iraqi workers battling damage done by wind, water, and modern history race to shore up the crumbling walls of Babylon.

Ahmed is part of a team of about 10 Iraqi technicians trained by a U.S.-funded project to shore up the brick walls of the ancient site of Babylon, some 50 miles south of Baghdad.

The ancient city of Babylon is a World Heritage Site, but it faces threats old and new. As some of its walls crumble, preservationists are fighting to preserve the past.

Ancient Babylon In Iraq Restored The ancient site of Babylon in Iraq has undergone a lot of damage in recent years but archeologists hope it will still ... His projects have stabilized walls, ...

A mmar al-Taee, an Iraqi archaeologist, picks up a clay panel fallen from one of the ancient walls of Babylon.Paw prints of a dog that wandered onto the drying clay more than 2,000 years ago ...

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 ...

US graffiti on ancient Babylon’s walls. Hammurabi the law-giver was here. So were Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, Saddam Hussein and now, apparently, Sergeant Woods.

Attack on Ancient Babylon. July 10, 2009 / 1:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP ... "On some walls, the plaster was too thick and fell off, pulling down part of the wall with it," Gina Haney, ...

In the course of Koldewey’s excavations of the ancient city, his team identified a mysterious structure in one corner of Babylon’s southern palace. It was made of 14 long rooms with vaulted ...

Part of what remains of the ceremonial entrance through the walls of the ancient city of Babylon. The site was partly reconstructed in the 1950s and 1990s, but in a way that caused damage.