Monumental FollySaddam Hussein’s 1980s “reconstruction” of Nebuchadrezzar II’s palace was built over the ruins of Babylon, near Baghdad. Like many before him, Hussein shaped it in his own ...

Ashurbanipal built a new palace, now known as the Northern Palace ... was victorious over this brother Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon. Three Babylonian men on the left are followed by an Assyrian ...