The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A
magnificent garden paradise said to have been built in 7th century B.C.
in the middle of the arid Mesopotamian desert, the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon were testimony to one man’s ability to, against all the laws of
nature, create a botanical oasis of beauty amid a bleak desert
landscape.
King Nebuchadnezzar created the gardens as a sign of esteem for his
wife Semiramis, who, legend has it, longed for the forests and roses of
her homeland. The gardens were terraced and surrounded by the city walls
with a moat to repel invading armies. There remains doubt, however,
amongst historians and archaeologists as to whether this lost paradise
ever existed, given that excavations at Babylon have left no definitive
trace of this mythical oasis.
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