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IRAQ'S TOP ATTRACTIONS ARE STEEPED IN ANTIQUITY.(Getaways)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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October 15, 1998
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Brief descriptions of the most popular tourist attractions in Iraq:
Babylon: The ruins of King Nebuchadnezzar's palace (605-562 B.C.) where some mud bricks can still be seen with stamps bearing his name in cuneiform writing. The palace and other buildings were reconstructed on President Saddam Hussein's orders with matching mud bricks. Hundreds of them are stamped with an Arabic inscription, saying Saddam, ``the protector of Iraq and the great Iraqi civilization,'' rebui...
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