Unveiled Babylon / the city of Babylon and its hanging gardens / 2025 / A documentory

Unveiled Babylon, the city of Babylon and its hanging gardens. The Euphrates river divides into two parts to the west. Here, on the river's banks, you can find the ruins of an ancient and splendid civilization.

It was the work of a people of conquering warriors and great architects that gave rise to countless legends. The city of Babylon belonged, according to the Babylonian ideology, to the great god Marduk. Its king exerted absolute power and fueled ambitions that surpassed our greatest fantasies.

They came to conquer Jerusalem, so that almost the entire Middle East was under their control. Their armies subdued almost all the nations of the Middle East. They conquered Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

They invaded Syria from the west and expanded their dominions to Jerusalem and even to the north of Egypt. They enslaved their prisoners and dedicated the wealth obtained in their conquests to building what would become known as the largest city on earth. The city of Babylon.

It was a very large city with a spectacular monumental architecture. It must have been a truly impressive place. There has been no other city in history surrounded by the aura of mystery of ancient Babylon.

How could they erect such a large city in the middle of the desert? And why did it disappear so suddenly? For many centuries, European travelers left countless clues that can help us solve these enigmas. One of the first was Herodotus, who is still considered in the West as the father of history. In the 5th century BC, Herodotus, a Greek historian and geographer, crossed the desert to see the mysterious city with his own eyes.