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The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced / Stephanie Dalley. by Dalley, Stephanie Subjects Gardens -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.   Seven Wonders of the World.   History, Ancient.   Archaeology and history -- Middle East.   Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.   Assyria -- History. Publisher Info:  Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2013. Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xviii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 22 cm. ISBN:  9780199662265 : 0199662266 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. Format Book:  Summary:  "Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains legends surrounding the characters of Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar -- Reassesses specific sculpture in the British Museum." --Publisher. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 935.5 DAL Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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