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Dalley, Stephanie.
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Gardens -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city)
Seven Wonders of the World.
History, Ancient.
Archaeology and history -- Middle East.
Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.
Assyria -- Antiquities.
Assyria -- History.
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Dalley, Stephanie.
Gardens -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city)
Seven Wonders of the World.
History, Ancient.
Archaeology and history -- Middle East.
Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.
Assyria -- Antiquities.
Assyria -- History.
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The mystery of the Hanging Garden of
Babylon
: an elusive world wonder traced / Stephanie Dalley.
by
Dalley, Stephanie.
Oxford University Press, 2013.
Call #:
935 D146m
Subjects
Gardens
--
Iraq
--
Babylon
(
Extinct
city
)
Seven Wonders of the World.
History, Ancient.
Archaeology and history
--
Middle East.
Babylon
(
Extinct
city
)
--
History.
Assyria
--
Antiquities.
Assyria
--
History.
ISBN:
9780199662265 (hc.)
0199662266 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Hanging Garden of
Babylon
: an elusive world wonder traced
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xviii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-268) and index.
Contents:
Drawing a blank in
Babylon
--
Classical writers and their testimony
--
Three pictures, and Archimedes
--
Sennacherib's great invention
--
Engineering for water management
--
Confusion of names
--
The unrivalled palace, the queen, and the garden
--
Symbolism and imitators
--
Defeat and revival : Nineveh after 612 BC
--
Appendix. The section of prism inscription describing the palace and garden.
Summary:
An exciting story of detection involving the expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. 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. Stephanie Dalley, an expert on ancient Babylonian language, gathers the material on this enigmatic World Wonder. She 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. 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. Stephanie Dalley is the host of the TV documentary "Secrets of the dead. The lost
gardens
of
Babylon
."
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