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Babylon

since 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 13:27 UTC

auto-detected in 7 stories

86 days ago

The pub that changed me: ‘It was a refuge from teenage pressures – and a portal to excitement’ ⊕

found 2026 › Jan › 18 (Sun) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

At the Faversham there was thumping house music, projections of lava lamp bubbles, and bottles of K Cider. Rave culture had hit Leeds, and my friends and I plunged in

I can mark out stages in my life …

7 months ago

‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese-American star Anna May Wong upended cinema ○

found 2025 › Sep › 03 (Wed) @ 06:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the show

Anna May Wong is everywhere these days. The chic…

8 months ago

Seventh heaven! How to explore the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon... from your sofa ○

found 2025 › Aug › 02 (Sat) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

It was the world's first bucket list: archaeologists more than 100 years ago discovered the oldest-surviving description of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

9 months ago

Hymn of Babylon is pieced together after 2,100 YEARS: Scientists use AI to reconstruct ancient song ○

found 2025 › Jul › 02 (Wed) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and 'bathed priests' in stunning detail.

From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran ○

found 2025 › Jun › 19 (Thu) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he hinted at a historic mission

It was in the Beersheba, about a thousand kilometers and 2,500 ye…

10 months ago

Where is Babylon Zoo now? How Spaceman singer, 55, swapped futuristic chart-toppers for the business world with his own film production company ○

found 2025 › May › 18 (Sun) @ 08:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Babylon Zoo dominated the charts with futuristic music and androgynous style back in the 90s - with chart-storming hit Spaceman staying at number one for five weeks.

14 months ago

‘A slice of 1970s Babylon restored’: living the office dream at the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke ○

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 13:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

With its lush terraces, themed gardens and calm interiors, this trailblazing office building by Arup Architects has been treated to a subtle £32m makeover that still has wellness at its heart

“Wellnes…

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