It was one of the greatest cities ever depicted in biblical text. Hebrew prophets of the Bible all predicted its destruction - as many as 150 years before it happened. And when in 539 BCE Babylon fell to Cyrus the Great of Persia the prophets were thought to have been proven correct. But scholars and academics have long debated the question of whether these ancient predictions were meant for the city of Babylon of more than 2500 years ago or whether they referred to a different Babylon a future Babylon to be rebuilt where the old city once stood? Ancient Babylon is now known as modern day Iraq and eerily similar parallels exist between the prophecies of Babylon and the events of the late 20th and early 21st centuries - including both Gulf Wars and the downfall of Saddam Hussein. Is it possible that Biblical prophecies are playing out in modern times?