Wednesday, May 20, 2009

INTRODUCTION

I am creating this blog to organize the info I'm collecting in advance of a USAID posting in Iraq as senior governance advisor in tourism development for the Babil province, which includes many archeological sites of ancient Babylonia.

“Future tourism will be one of the tools for economic development in Iraq, and we fear that Babylon could be eaten up by unmanaged development like the paving of roads,” World Monuments President Bonnie Burnham said in a phone interview. “The city has never been mapped, and there have been very dramatic changes to it.” The U.S. Department of State has given the fund about $700,000 for the project, called “The Future of Babylon.” Full article>
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