THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were bilt in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil, in Iraq. The gardens were built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II around BC.

Through the ages , the location may have been confused with gardens that existed at Nimrud, since tablets from there clearly show gardens. Writing on these tablets describe the possible use of something similar to an Archimedes Screw as a process of raising the water to the required height.

CONTROVERSY:

There is some controversy as to whether the Hanging Gardens were an actual creation or a poetic creation due to the lack of documentation of them in the chronicles of Babylonian history. In ancient writings the Hangong Gardens of Babylon were first described by Berossus, a Babylonian priest who lived in the late 4th century BC. These accounts were later elaborated on by Greek historians.