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The mystery of the hanging garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced

by Stephanie Dalley

This investigation uses the decipherment of ancient texts and museum artefacts to identify the location and appearance of the Hanging Garden of Babylon. It explores the garden's technical design and historical influence while addressing myths associated with its construction.

Accession 6610 ISBN 9780199662265 Publisher Oxford University Press
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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. -- publisher's blurb

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