A work of art rendering the Tower of Babel in ancient Babylon. Credit: ThomasThomas. CC BY-2.0/flickr The Tower of Babel, written about by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, was said to “reach up ...

The ancient “Babylon Battery” challenges the conventional timeline of technological development. Introduction: an ancient electrical puzzle In the 1930s, a team of archaeologists led by Wilhelm König ...

After building a new palace and expanding the city’s walls (a task that allegedly took 15 days and is also considered a wonder of the ancient world), the king embarked on a more personal project.

You reach the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, said to be built in the sixth century B.C.E. by King Nebuchadnezzar II. The king, who reigned from 605 to 562, was known for his ambitious building projects, ...

For these reasons, the researchers believe that the walls were instead a way to help the inhabitants of the region get around, essentially an ancient Mayan “Google Maps,” they said.

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Not all of the walls were made in ancient times, however. The researchers found that this method of river taming is still used today and some of the groynes were built in the 20th century.