saddam hussein was so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon the world located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to get world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon. conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's the world heritage property and that goes for many sides in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization in the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself kingship and the temple complex evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the babylonians for trying to build a structu

iraqi archaeologists say they need urgent help to preserve artifacts from what was the ancient babylon the biblical city is the birthplace of the world's 1st complex urban communities that many sites have faced neglect because of years of conflict charles stratford went along to find out more . on the capital city of an empire that reached its peak and the king neb you could name around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate king maybe couldn't is his name is carved in cooney form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts. concrete is forced moisture and salt up into the ancient foundations the water table is high because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by. bricks laid in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations diffic

iraqi archaeologists appeal for urgent help to save the ancient city of babylon. hello again across japan we are seeing more of the same some rain across much of the area not heavy but it is going to be persistent at some areas so here across much of the region on monday anywhere from tokyo all the way down here towards a saka expect to see a rainy day a little bit cooler in tokyo at 1000 degrees osaka you're going to keep moderate temperatures here at 26 degrees but unfortunately as we go towards tuesday not seeing much of a change in terms of where the rain is going to be maybe getting slightly warmer in tokyo about 20 degrees there for the korean peninsula but quite nice we are going to be seeing temperatures into the mid twenty's with plenty of sun in the forecast and then here across parts of china it is going to continue to rain in some locations we have been seeing about 100 to $125.00 millimeters per day coming out of these showers and unfortunately is going to continue over the next few days brings a very heavy rain anywhere along that southern coast actu

babylon the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could name around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate king maybe couldn't his name is carved in qunu form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts. concrete is forced moisture and salt up into the ancient foundations the water table is high because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficult. problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by winning a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs sustainable preservation because the archaeological material is being heavily eroded rising above the site perched on top of a manmade hill is a palace built for a ma

many sites have crumbled during gears of conflict as charles stratford found out babylon the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate king maybe couldn't is his name is carved in qunu form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts. concrete has forced moisture unsold up into the ancient foundations the water table is high because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficult. balance problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by we need a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs sustainable preservation because the archaeological material is being heavily

ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon were located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to gate world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's a world heritage property and that goes for many sites in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself the kingship and the temple complex evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the babylonians for trying to build a structure to heaven and this overgrown trench is where it's believed the tower of babel once stood experts say a star archaeological investigation of babylon in the surroundi

babylon's problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by we need a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs sustainable preservation because the archaeological material is being heavily eroded. rising above the site perched on top of a manmade hill is a palace built for a man who often identified himself with the babylonian kings saddam hussein's summer palace is an eerie reminder of iraq's more recent past the former dictator's faces carved into the palace walls. the great holes inside the empty marble walls are covered in graffiti amuro on the ceiling seems the only thing not defiled us saddam hussein was so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon the world located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to get world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment

saddam hussein was so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon the world located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to get world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon. conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's the world heritage property and that goes for many sides in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization in the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself kingship and the temple complex evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the babylonians for trying to build a structu

saddam hussein was so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon the world located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to get world heritage status. iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's the world heritage property and that goes for many sides in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization in the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself kingship and the temple complex evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the bible only in the spear trying to build a

that al-jazeera babylon. you're watching al-jazeera with me so robin a reminder of our top story sudanese activists say 3 protesters have been killed as civil disobedience campaign is underway across the country they're accusing the military gender of further endangering lives by shutting down hospitals protest organizers in hong kong say more than a 1000000 people have hit the streets to oppose a controversial extradition bill they fear the proposed changes would allow china to target political opponents in the territory and send them to the mainland for trial opponents say it's another sign of hong kong losing more of the rights it was supposed to be granted in the 1997 handover from british. protesters and police of 14000 stands capital during elections to replace the only president the country had ever known demonstrators in north salt are are calling for a boycott saying the vote is far from where voters are choosing a successor to nursultan nazarbayev who led the country since kazakhstan declared indepe

iraq a archaeologists say they need urgent help to preserve artifacts from what was the kingdom of babylon the biblical city is the birthplace of the world's 1st complex urban communities but many sites have faced neglect because of years of conflicts charles stratford went to babylon to find out more. on the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate king neb you couldn't is his name is carved in qunu form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts. concrete has forced moisture and salt up into the ancient foundations the water table is high because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficul

iraki say they need urgent help to preserve artifacts and what was the ancient kingdom of babylon many of its sights have been neglected because of years of conflict. to find out. babylon the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate. couldn't is his name is carved in qunu form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts concrete has forced moisture insult up into the ancient foundations the water table is high because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficult. problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by we need a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs

monumental antique structures such as the pergamon altar and the processional way of babylon are next door in the pergamon museum which opens in 1930. today all over berlin the 19 states museums as well as libraries archives and research centers open up a unique perspective on the history of mankind. their collections also make berlin a cultural melting pot with ambassadors from throughout the ages. with roughly 5300000 artifacts billions treasure trove is one of the 5 largest universal collections in the world. all of its institutions belong to an organization unique worldwide with the somewhat unwieldy name of the prussian cultural heritage foundation. and mali going to shift in closer to it has its deceiver trish had also brought in his own room and a group of a new body for them from the shrine 5 percent taken or so should understand it showed it to an aside some distance off unfortunate and was its to young to hynek herman parts into the presidents of the foundation is a globally renowned tokyo legist an unsolved case from the bronze age continues to occupy his mind. the trail le

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hits performance won him $15,000 for the silver foundation and beach blanket babylon scholarship forhe arts protest. >> it's really changed their lives. they all come back. and we hear what they're doing you know as they graduate and stuff. so it's wonderful. >> the other two winners are from clayton county for dance and from nevada high school for acting. >> a lot of talent. goodness gracious. we are never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike nikko. >> thanks, a clear san jose, 58 degrees. northbound on 87 east of the shark tank, building summer heat today and tomorrow, it will be cool at the coast. it will be hot inland. so we'll have a 30, 35 degree spread across those areas, winds of change bring us back down to spring-like levels thursday and friday, a refreshing break. then the heat peaks again sunday and into monday. here's a look at the satellite you definitely see. look at that you've shore breeze, the lack of clouds right here. that's why it's going to be so warm today away from the coast. let's take a look. we got 79 in santa cruz, 84 as coo

. >> his performance won him $15,000 through the steve silver foundation at beach blanket babylon scholarshipor the arts contest. producer joe shuman silver started it 17 years ago. >> it's really changed their lives. it's been fabulous. and they all come back. and we hear what they're doing after they graduate and stuff. so it's wonderful. >> what an amazing group. the other two winners are kylie from clayton valley charter high school in concord for dance and dante from novato high school for acting. >> always fun to watch talented people. particularly young talent like that. on their way. congratulations. all right. on to the weather forecast. >> we are on our way to hot temp, sandhya >> especially if you live inland. you'll be baking in that heat, dan and ama. i want to show a time lapse from our mount tamalpais camera. watch the fingers of fog across sausalito. it's a very shallow layer, about a thousand feet. and that's why it's not going very far. as a matter of fact, it is really limited to the coast and parts of the bay. here is a murky view from our emeryville camera with patches of

plus by the ruins of babylon archaeologists warn the site that hosted one of the earliest civilizations is crumbling before our very own eyes. welcome to al-jazeera a campaign of civil disobedience has begun in sudan and opposition groups have promised to continue their protests until the military join to gives up power the opposition is accused or has accused the military of killing more than many protesters and in danger in lives by shutting down hospitals many people seem to have heeded the call for a general strike such as apple workers and we can see bags piling up inside a terminal building there's been no official word from the military to into so far this sunday burton associated press journalist so members of the paramilitary rapid support forces formerly the militia deployed in various areas of. the capitol jamaal a sale begins our coverage. sunday marks the beginning of the we can sit down but rather than work commutes and traffic jams the streets of whom are empty these videos appear to show that the public has heated the calls by pro-democracy groups for civil disobedience

archaeologists in iraq battle to preserve artifacts from the ancient kingdom of babylon. however the flood risk is still around in most states of the central part of the u.s. but that's river flooding falling out of the sky the problems become georges all the carolinas for example this rain has been around for 3 days and has dropped at least 100 millimeters so far as probably 100 to come and the system now stretches up the eastern seaboard even into count of toronto's days looking wet at 16 on monday further west it's been quite quiet i 30 in san francisco or really courtney increase in the temperatures that prefer the snow disappeared and they've seen come into the northern rockies just a couple days ago so the cold is gone but there's enough of a change in temperature to want to showers and some of the plain states and the gathering of rain just coming it's in the south of texas but this system is on its way out now so new york back in the sunshine as toronto come tuesday but the rain is to hang around in southern georgia possibly even the florida panhandle. south of al

france cutter reputation as the babylon of europe with dutiful women who were loose women. inasmuch as there that's exaggerated, the sons had a certain set of expectations. as a result, there was a lot of prostitution in france. by the fall of 1944, the american army was worried about the venereal disease rates. that is how it would connect the first and second world war in terms of the american army . >> i don't have french ancestry and there was born in 1946. i wasn't part of the war. it was over when i was born. when i was in high school, i took french classes. i had a french teacher who taught us a poem. to my recollection, i may be wrong, the name of the poem was --. she told us that poem, the first line was used in the normandy go order. i wondered if you knew if that was true and if that is the name of the poem? >> yes. your teacher is exactly right. the poem is by a french poet and the first phrase of the poem was the signal to the resistance. it was heard over the bbc that they should get ready and get in formation. come out and start to do the sabotage. the invasi

26 members of a pro-government militia in northern afghanistan armed men stormed security posts in babylon province early on saturday the taliban says 12 other people were injured the tack took place hours before talks resume between taliban and u.s. to go she has in cattle. at least 15 people have died after part of a wall collapsed in the western indian city of pruning the wall fell on to 10 huts trapping people under the rubble 4 children were among the dead building collapses are common in india during the monsoon season aggravated by the use of poor construction materials. a desert region in southern pakistan is suffering a major water crisis families who've lived there for generations of being forced to leave as a summer binge of aid reports now from parka it's hurting livelihoods businesses and even biodiversity. the wild be caught has a special place in portland folklore southern part of the bird is considered sacred and killing it a sin but in the last few years peacocks have died in their hundreds is more humanistic over their habitat their numbers continue to do an. environmenta

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plus by the ruins of babylon archaeologists warn the site that hosted one of the earliest civilizations is crumbling before our very own eyes and i'm leah harding with your sport rafa nadal is aiming for his 12th french open title but it's a party party in paris as australia is actually very climbs and clenches the women's title and the world number 2 spot. good to have you with us here on the news hour we begin with a campaign of civil disobedience that's begun in sudan and opposition groups have promised to continue their protests until the military join to give that power now this video shows quiet streets in the capital khartoum but we are getting reports that at least one protesters being killed at least 5 protest leaders were arrested over the weekend on friday some of them had met the visiting ethiopian prime minister who's trying to mediate on the situation now there haven't been any negotiations between the protest leaders since a violent crackdown on demonstrators last week well let's cross over to khartoum now and join her son a professor of political science in the capital b

conflict and instability experts say urgent help is needed to preserve what was the ancient kingdom of babylon. and i'm peter 7 in doha with all your sport where it's history by the dozen for rafael nadal the spaniard wins these 12 french open title at roland garros impacts. at least 3 people have been killed in sudan during the 1st day of a general strike and call for civil disobedience has been organized in response to a violent military crackdown on protesters the opposition is accusing the military jointer of waging a war against the sudanese people and they say they won't stop protesting until there's a transfer to civilian rule. has more. sunday marks the beginning of the weaken sudan but rather than work commutes and traffic jams the streets of khartoum are empty these videos appear to show that the public has heated the calls by pro-democracy groups for civil disobedience and a general strike. the movement for freedom and change together with the sudanese professionals union had announced sunday's action in response to the military gintas seizing of power and the continued crackdown on