The Mystery Of The Hanging Garden Of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced

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• The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon An Elusive World Wonder Traced available on November 09 2023 from BiggerBooks for 32.40
  
• The Mystery Of The Hanging Garden Of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced available on July 21 2020 from Indigo for 34.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780199662265 ξ1 registered November 09 2023
  
• ISBN bar code 9780199662265 ξ2 registered July 21 2020
  
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• Sku # 9780199662265R
  
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Recognised in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location still remains a mystery steeped in shadow and puzzling myths. In this remarkable volume Stephanie Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, gathers for the first time all the material on this enigmatic World Wonder. Tracing the history of the Garden, Dalley describes how the decipherment of an original text and its link to sculpture in the British Museum has enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like. Through this dramatic and fascinating reconstruction of the Garden, Dalley is also able to follow its influence on later garden design. Like a palimpsest, Dalley unscrambles the many legends that have built up around the Garden, including the parts played by Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar, and following the evolution of its design, she shows why this Garden deserves its place alongside the Pyramids and the Colossus of Rhodes as one of the most astonishing technical achievements of the ancient world.

^ (2015). The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon An Elusive World Wonder Traced BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780199662265 (revised Nov 2023)
^ The Mystery Of The Hanging Garden Of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced Indigo. ISBN 9780199662265 (revised Jul 2020)