Friday, December 30, 2005

Antiquity

Nebuchadnezzar II, the greatest of Babylonian kings, builder of the Median Wall, sacker of Jerusalem, who created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as solace for his homesick wife, whose name appears on the bricks of 95% of all the ruins of Babylon, who lived and ruled over 2,500 years ago - Nebuchadnezzar was a lover and collector of antiquities.

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