Marblehead Posted January 21, 2016 I know that this is very off topic but might be of interest to some. The Hanging Gardens is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that has not yet been established as having been an actual fact. Recent evidence is pointing to the possibility that they may have existed but that they weren't really in Babylon but about 150 miles south of where they were initially thought to be. I'm sure there will be a lot of effort put into negating or supporting this new evidence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chang Posted January 22, 2016 Some also believe that the gardens were to the north in Ninevah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5KgWmB-Gk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted January 22, 2016 Yeah, I saw that documentary a while back. They do have some pretty good support for their theory. If this new theory is disproved the thought will likely return to Nineveh. The Hanging Gardens is almost as much fun as is Atlantis. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insead Posted March 7, 2016 The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced Stephanie Dalley (Oriental Institute, Oxford) Oxford University Press, 2013, 279pp. $34.95 She posits the Hanging Garden was built at his Nineveh palace by Sennacherib in 700 BC. Through a complex, engineered, watercourse system - dams, aqueducts, tunnels, and bronze screws to "pump" water up - large trees were cultivated on the upper amphitheater-like walls of his palace. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 7, 2016 some background on the original concept .... pairi daeza - ' Paradise ' . " The Achaemenian kings took a personal interest in gardening. " http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/garden/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
