About this episode

Helen Bond explores the historical and mythical aspects of Babylon with Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.

Babylon is one of the most famous cities and empires in human history. To many people, it conjures images of Hanging Gardens, the Tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar, and the exile of the Jewish people. But how much of this is historical fact, and how much of it is later mythology? To get to the bottom of Babylon, Helen takes a trip in the time machine with our resident ancient historian, Professor Lloyd Lewellyn-Jones. Helen asks Lloyd about his highly acclaimed new book, Babylon: The Mothe...

People in this episode

Host: Helen Bond

Guest: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Topics covered

• Babylon
• history
• mythology
• Jewish exile
• ancient civilizations

Keywords

• Babylon
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Hanging Gardens
• Tower of Babel
• Jewish exile

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Babylon: The Mother of All Cities

Places: Babylon, Hanging Gardens, Tower of Babel

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