The Hanging Walls Of Babylon

Many historians now believe that the fabled hanging gardens of babylon may actually have been built 300 miles 482 kilometers away in nineveh by assyrian king sennacherib rather than nebuchadnezzar.

The hanging walls of babylon.

بوابة عشتار was the eighth gate to the inner city of babylon in the area of present day hillah babil governorate iraq. The walls of babylon were one of the major wonders of the ancient world located in the ancient city of babylonwhich was the capital of babylonia. That is they were roof gardens laid out on a series of ziggurat terraces that were irrigated by pumps from the euphrates river. The hanging gardens of babylon were the fabled gardens which adorned the capital of the neo babylonian empire built by its greatest king nebuchadnezzar ii r.

Others think the gardens never existed as no archaeological evidence has been found nor was it mentioned in contemporary babylonian texts. The hanging gardens of babylon were one of the seven wonders of the ancient world listed by hellenic culture. Another theory popularized by the writings of british archaeologist sir leonard woolley suggested that the gardens were built within the walls of the royal palace at babylon the capital of babylonia now in southern iraq and did not actually hang but were instead up in the air. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city.

It was constructed in about 575 bce by order of king nebuchadnezzar ii on the north side of the city. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees shrubs and vines resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks. According to him the massive walls that encircled the city and were some of the most magnificent and fortified in all of the ancient world. They were among the seven wonders of the ancient world.

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world they are the only wonder whose existence is disputed amongst historians. The ishtar gate arabic. The walls were originally mentioned in antipater of sidon s list of the seven wonders of the world but were known throughout the ancient world. After their expiration they were removed from the list and replaced with the lighthouse of alexandria.