Bibliograph

The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon, an elusive world wonder traced, Stephanie Dalley

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The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon, an elusive world wonder traced, Stephanie Dalley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-268) and index

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mapsplansillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

809032332

Responsibility statement

Stephanie Dalley

Sub title

an elusive world wonder traced

Summary

An exciting story of archaeological detection as well as a vividly written description of a little-known civilization. Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, describes how deciphering an ancient Assyrian text-- and comparing it to sculpture in the British Museum-- provided the clues that enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like

Table Of Contents

Drawing a blank in Babylon -- Classical writers and their testimony -- Three pictures, and Archimedes -- Sennacherib's great invention -- Engineering for water management -- Confusion of names -- The unrivalled palace, the queen, and the garden -- Symbolism and imitators -- Defeat and revival : Nineveh after 612 BC -- Appendix. The section of prism inscription describing the palace and garden

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