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Dalley, Stephanie
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Gardens -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.
Seven Wonders of the World.
History, Ancient.
Archaeology and history -- Middle East.
Babylon (Extinct city) -- History.
Assyria -- History.
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The mystery of the H...
The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced / Stephanie Dalley.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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