The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Legends speak of majestic gardens built vertically overflowing with flowers and exotic trees, with waterfalls and streams bathing everything. They have always been located in ancient Babylonbut an Oxford study could change everything.
The location of these gardens is one of the great enigmas of humanity. The classic writings that refer to it are from the 4th century BC and attribute it to the ancient Babylon, which today is located in the desert of Iraq. Specifically, they say that it was King Nebuchadnezzar II who had them built as the best birthday present for his wife in history.
But a study published in book format on the Gardens of Babylon in Oxford raises a revolutionary question. What if they weren’t in Babylon? This hypothesis is based on the Greco-Roman sources often confused Assyria and Babylon and that the hunting scenes described in the writings about these gardens fit better with the engravings from Assyria (present-day northern Iraq, Iran, and southeastern Turkey).
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced
Thus, the British Assyriologist Stephanie Dalley, author of this research, opens the way to suggest that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon can actually be located in the Palace of Nineveh and in the Tigris River. A place that fits the descriptions and the sophisticated aqueduct system of the ancient kingdom. Could this theory solve the great archaeological mystery? Only time will tell.
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