where is the city of babylon located today
Babylon The remains of the city are in present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53Â mi) south of Baghdad, comprising a large tell of broken mud-brick buildings and debris.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon According to one legend, the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC, built the Hanging Gardens, alongside a grand palace that came to be known as The Marvel of Mankind, for his Median wife, Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland; this is attested to by the Babylonian priest Berossus, writing in about 290 BC, and quoted later by Josephus.