Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811 now first published Memoir on the ruins . Remarks on the topography of ancient Babylon by Major Rennell in reference to the Memoir Second memoir on the ruins. This book, "Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811", by Claudius James Rich, is a replication of a book originally published before 1839. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.