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Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword for sinful decadence. But Babylon was a real place teeming with life, a bustling mega-city on...
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From Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of Persians and The Cleopatras, comes a fresh and exciting exploration of the world's first and most illustrious metropolis, famed in history and myth - the great city of Babylon
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Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword for sinful decadence. But Babylon was a real place teeming with life, a bustling mega-city on the Euphrates where schoolteachers, artisans, priests, slaves, prostitutes and soldiers rubbed shoulders in maze-like streets and busy marketplaces.
The city was home to some extraordinary rulers, from Hammurabi the great lawgiver to Nebuchadnezzar II, the conqueror-king, under whose reign the city glistened in gold and lapis lazuli.
In Babylon, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones brings the city vividly to life, tracing its foundation through to its world domination, and subsequent decline, fall, and ruin into dust. From ribald drinking songs to acerbic letters between rival kings, the extraordinary ancient sources help inform what is both a stunning work of scholarship and a fascinating evocation of a long-lost world.
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ISBN: 9781035416714
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wildfire
Illustration: 1x8 plate section
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 528
About the Author
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University. He has spent extensive time in Egypt, the Middle East and Iran and is a specialist in the histories and cultures of Near Eastern, Greek and Hellenistic antiquity and champions a global approach to the study of the ancient world and its reception. Lloyd has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, in The Times and other media outlets and in many popular podcasts. He is co-host of the Biblical Time Machine podcast and has worked closely with the British Museum on major exhibitions.
His previous books include The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings, Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther, The Hellenistic Court, Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period, Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Women of Ancient Greece, and Designs on the Past: How Hollywood Created the Ancient World. He is currently writing a book on the Hittites of ancient Anatolia. Born in Cefn Cribwr, Lloyd lives in Taffs Well, Wales.Also by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
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