Thirty miles to the south,Ezra,the Old Testament prophet,is buried,while on the far eastern horizon,the Euphrates and Tigris 2 rivers meet,310 miles south of Baghdad,in a lush plain that the oldest creation legends hailed as the Garden of Eden.

• 往南英里之处，埋葬着《旧约》中的先知以斯拉。在遥远的东方地平线上，幼发拉底河与底格里斯河在巴格达以南英里处一片肥沃的平原上交汇。根据古老的创世传说，这里便是伊甸园。