The ancient place where history began
By Alastair SookeFeatures correspondent The idea of Mesopotamia has intoxicated the West for centuries. Alastair Sooke takes a look at a civilisation where much of modern culture took form. Everybody has heard of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar, and the Flood, says Ariane Thomas, a curator in the Middle Eastern