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Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystery to piece together the enigmatic history of this elusive world wonder.
Stephanie Dalley is an Honorary Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. With degrees in Assyriology from the Universities of Cambridge and London, her academic career has specialized in the study of ancient cuneiform texts and she has worked on archaeological excavations in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan. She has written several books on the myths and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, with special reference to their impact on later civilizations, many of which have been translated into Arabic, Italian, and Japanese. She lives in Oxford with her husband and maintains a large garden.
Dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Colour Plates
List of Figures
Time-line
General Map
Introduction
1: Drawing a Blank in Babylon
2: Classical Writers and their Testimony
3: Three Pictures, and Archimedes
4: Sennacherib's Great Invention
5: Engineering for Water Management
6: Confusion of Names
7: The Unrivalled Palace, the Queen and the Garden
8: Symbolism and Imitators
9: Defeat and Revival: Nineveh after 612 BC
Conclusion
Appendix: The Section of Prism Inscription Describing the Palace and Garden
Notes
Bibliography
Index