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.

GREAD PIRAMID OF GIZA

The great pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza Egypt. Is the oldest of the Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The pyramid was built as a tomb for Fourth Dinasty Egyptian.

The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3.800 years. There are three known chambers inside the Greta Pyramid. The main part of the Giza complex is a setting of buildings that included two mortuary temples in honor of Khufu, three smaller pyramids for Khufu´s wives, an ever smaller "satellite" pyramid, a raised causeway connecting the two temples, and small mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramid for nobles.

ENRANCE:

Today tourists enter the Great Pyramid via the Robber´s Tunnel dug by workmen employed by Caliph al-Ma´mun around AD 820. The tunnel is cut straight through the masory of the pyramid for approximately 27 metres, then turns sharply left to encounter the blocking stones in the Ascending Passage. Unable to remove these stones, the workmeng tunnelled up beside them through the softer limestone of the Pyramid until they reached the Ascending Passage. It´s possible to enter the Descending Passage from this point, but access is usually forbidden.

Made by: Luisa Gamez, Alejandra Calderon, Camila Moreno, Aura Hernandez y Natalia Ramos