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  • The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon

  • An Elusive World Wonder Traced
  • By: Stephanie Dalley
  • Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
  • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon

By: Stephanie Dalley
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
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The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location still remains a mystery steeped in shadow and puzzling myths. In this remarkable volume Stephanie Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, gathers for the first time all the material on this enigmatic World Wonder. Tracing the history of the Garden, Dalley describes how the decipherment of an original text and its link to sculpture in the British Museum has enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like. Through this dramatic and fascinating reconstruction of the Garden, Dalley is also able to follow its influence on later garden design. Like a palimpsest, Dalley unscrambles the many legends that have built up around the Garden, including the parts played by Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar, and following the evolution of its design, she shows why this Garden deserves its place alongside the Pyramids and the Colossus of Rhodes as one of the most astonishing technical achievements of the ancient world.

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©2013 Stephanie Dalley (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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  • Categories: History
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Lack of bonus PDF with illustrations

I enjoyed the book but found it really frustrating that there were constant references to illustrations with no bonus material provided for this purpose.

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