... that seemed fixed to the vault of heaven, reappear-ing each night in the same place. And they saw shapes in the con-stellations and gave them names, just as we do when we speak of the Great ... even odder creature. It wouldn’t fit into a roomat home – or even two, for that matter. It was as tall as a very talltree, and its tail was half as long as a football pitch. What a tremen-dous ... as long agoas 3000 , and the last around 550 .The last great Babylonian king was Nebuchadnezzar. He livedaround 600 and is remembered for his feats of war. He foughtagainst Egypt and...