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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were constructed c. 8th–6th century BCE, are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. These gardens are thought to have been located near the royal palace in Babylon, though their exact location has not been determined.
Many historians now believe that the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon may actually have been built 300 miles (482 kilometers) away in Nineveh by King Sennacherib of the Assyrian Empire, rather than Nebuchadnezzar.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the fabled gardens which beautified the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, built by its greatest king Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605-562 BCE). One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, they are the only wonder whose existence is disputed amongst historians.
Where are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Today, the exact locations of six of the seven ancient Wonders of the World are known. Yet, the identification of the Hanging Gardens remains elusive.
Babylon, largest city of the Babylonian Empire and located in modern-day Iraq, was famed for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Ishtar Gate and Tower of Babel.
Amid the hot, arid landscape of ancient Babylon, lush vegetation cascaded like waterfalls down the terraces of the 75-foot-high garden. Exotic plants, herbs and flowers dazzled the eyes, and...
It was known as “the hanging gardens of Babylon” and home to the Tower of Babylon/Babel. The Historical Babylon ruins were finally added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on 5th July 2019. Although there’s not much left these days, old relics are laying all over the area unprotected.
But the most mysterious of the seven ancient wonders is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, rumored to have existed some 2,500 years ago. No preserved Babylonian writings from that time mention the gardens. Scholars today only speculate where they existed, and how they might have appeared, based on historians who later quoted eyewitness accounts.
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon may have been built in present-day Iraq by King Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century B.C.E.