Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

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Hanging Gardens Of Babylon Discovered!?

It turns out that these mythological gardens may not have been built in the region people thought.

"Now, a historian with Oxford University may have cracked the case wide open, potentially solving centuries-old theories of the Hanging Gardens.

Dr. Stephanie Dalley, of Oxford’s Oriental Institute, said the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon were not actually located in Hillah and were not built by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. In fact, she says the site was not even in Babylon at all, but rather 300 miles north in Nineveh, and built by the Assyrian ruler Sennacherib.

According to The Independent, Dalley first proposed the idea in 1992 and has spent the better part of two decades piecing the mystery together. Now, after working diligently for so long on the project, she is set to reveal the findings in a book to be released later this month.

Poring over historical documents and descriptions of the legendary Gardens, Dalley has discovered that a nineteenth century bas-relief from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh showed trees growing atop a colonnade exactly as described by earlier accounts. She also found evidence that the Assyrian capital became known as ‘New Babylon’ after Assyria conquered Babylon in 689 BC. Dalley also uncovered several places in the region that were known by the name Babylon."


Article: http://www.costaricantimes.com/hanging-gardens-of-babylon-discovered/16966