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The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has
just been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Why on earth did it take so long?
Isn't it known as "The Cradle of Civilisation"?

is getting old...

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@wolfgang59 said
The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has
just been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Why on earth did it take so long?
Isn't it known as "The Cradle of Civilisation"?
Spell check!

Civilisation?

Tell me I got wolfgang59 on a grammatical error?!

is getting old...

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06 Jul 19

Nevermind ☚ī¸

Apparently it's spelled both ways like honor and honour etc etc.

Dammit!

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Yes, home to Hammurabi's Code, and of course, the invention of the lawyer (solicitor) 🙂 The US should have kept bombing it!

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@earl-of-trumps said
Yes, home to Hammurabi's Code, and of course, the invention of the lawyer (solicitor) 🙂 The US should have kept bombing it!
Don't you think the U.S. have enough enemies now? 😉

-VR

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@wolfgang59 said
The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has
just been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Why on earth did it take so long?
Isn't it known as "The Cradle of Civilisation"?
Because it is mostly ruins, that have been plundered over the millenia?

A lot of the good stuff is distributed around the world.

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@ponderable said
Because it is mostly ruins, that have been plundered over the millenia?
All the more reason to protect what is left.