BAGHDAD MUSEUM CLOSED BUT STILL SEEMS TO BE INTACT.

From a Reuters article from several hours ago:

Babylon flourished twice in ancient times and laid the foundations for much of today's civilisation, with its emphasis on a legal code, culture and science. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

But Babylon does not attract the visitors its heritage deserves, in part due to Iraq's international isolation during Saddam's rule. To add to the ignominy, the war has cut off its electricity and the museum is closed to prevent looting.

Staff at the site idling in the shadow of a replica of the blue-brick Ishtar Gate, one of the most famous landmarks in the Babylon of King Nebuchadnezzar II, said they hoped peace would bring more tourists back to the area -- after the war.

UPDATE (9:12 pm): Note the following from earlier the same article:

Some soldiers were more sensitive than others to the site.

A general rebuked one officer after a tank from his unit of the 101st Airborne Division rumbled onto the main Babylon site containing extensive -- if, to some purists, rather vulgar -- reconstructions of the city: "We just can't have that," he said.

No we can't. Well done, General.