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COMMENTS: By the Rivers of Babylon
"Along the green Euphrates River the ruins of Babylon remain one of Iraq's historic treasures, 5,000-years-old, home of the Biblical Tower of Babel and the fabled Hanging Gardens." Thus Richard Engel showed us ancient marvels for NBC's In Depth. Yet the marvels were bereft of tourists. Instead, the site that attracted Iraqis was on the hill overlooking those treasures of antiquity. Saddam Hussein's palace offers tours for 85c per head and an overnight stay in the dictator's bedroom for $150. "It looks like it was decorated by Liberace," Engel exclaimed.
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