Ziggurat to Babylon: The X-Files, 10.5

The X-Files, "Babylon," Season 10, Episode 5.

The fictional Ziggurat incident (a bombing of an art show) was set in Texas, in The X-Files. It was modeled after the Curtis Culwell Center attack carried out by two men who shot at officers at the entrance to an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on May 3, 2015. The two terrorists were killed by police.

For more content thoughts, see Christopher Knowles' "The X-Files: Babylon Working, or Isis vs ISIS."

Ziggurats

Screenshots of The X-Files' Babylon Motel.

Two Babylon Hotels in the real world.

Tower of Babel/Babylon

Babylon and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The episode mentions Dana Scully's thesis as being Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation, which we know from "Pilot" and "Synchrony," written in 1986, while Scully was studying at the University of Maryland. Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation is about time travel.

I also recommend The Secret Sun Guide to the X-Files Mythology, Parts 1, 2, and 3 by Christopher Knowles.