Herodotus was the first author to give a full description of the Hanging Gardens. According to him, the gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife Amytis happy because she didn't like the Babylonian desert. She had lived in Persia, which had many plants and fountains. It was about 350 feet tall and was covered with trees, flowers, lawns, plants, fountains, pools, and miniature water falls. It had every kind of plant available in the kingdom. It was made of mud brick and stone, a series of terraces, one on top of the other. The plants couldn't survive without water, so they had to pump water from the Euphrates River to flow down through channels to the plants.
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Reading Herodotus' description, you'll see that what he described was Babylon itself. If you try to sketch out the city plan as he describes it, it can be done. What's more, it's pretty accurate in relation to archaeological maps. In the plan below, Herodotus' Temple of Zeus Belos is the central and above it is his King's Palace where we'd look for the Hanging Gardens. In the early 1900's German archaeologist, Robert Koldewey traced the area where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon had been layed. Only crumbling mud brick can be seen today.
the babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
One job was brick making. another was rope making. The need from wood and clay workers was needed.
The hanging gardens brought a radical change in the Babylonian life. Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height. In the heart of the desert, the gardens had all kinds of plants and trees and a number of animals. The wife of the King, Amytis, was from Persia and she didn't like the dessert so the king built the gardens. So King Nebuchadnezzar II made the city the center of Babylon.
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
the babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
The babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens.
the babylonians built hanging gardens to terraced gardens
Basic engineering theory and techniques and transportation and trade skills to implement them.
Basic engineering theory and techniques and transportation and trade skills to implement them.
Babylon.
One job was brick making. another was rope making. The need from wood and clay workers was needed.
The hanging gardens brought a radical change in the Babylonian life. Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height. In the heart of the desert, the gardens had all kinds of plants and trees and a number of animals. The wife of the King, Amytis, was from Persia and she didn't like the dessert so the king built the gardens. So King Nebuchadnezzar II made the city the center of Babylon.
Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World located in Egypt are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, though the latter is often mistakenly associated with Egypt. The Great Pyramid, built around 2580–2560 BCE, is the largest of the three pyramids on the Giza plateau and serves as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu. It is the only surviving wonder from the original list, showcasing remarkable ancient engineering and architectural skills. The Hanging Gardens, often debated in historical context, are more commonly linked to Babylon, not Egypt.