Hanging Gardens of Babylon

 

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

This hand-colored engraving by 16th century Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck

Depicts the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Technically, the gardens did not hang, but grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, probably built the gardens in about 600 BC

As a consolation to his Median wife who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.

 

 

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