The Tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues - today the myth of Babel still fires up the imagination. But what was real life like in historical Babylon? Babylonia's 3000-year-old history and the roots of the myth of Babel are the focus of this 2-volume catalog book accompanying an exhibition at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Volume 1 is devoted to historical facts, while Volume 2 deals with the myth. German text.