Red Orbit: "Hanging #Gardens Of #Babylon Discovered 300 Miles Away In #Nineveh .. Dr. Stephanie Dalley, of Oxford´s Oriental Institute, said the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon were not actually located in #Hillah and were not built by King #Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. In fact, she says the site was not even in Babylon at all, but rather 300 miles north in Nineveh, and built by the Assyrian ruler #Sennacherib. According to The Independent, Dalley first proposed the idea in 1992 and has spent the better part of two decades piecing the #mystery together. Now, after working diligently for so long on the project, she is set to reveal the findings in a #book to be released later this month." #architecture #history #construction
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:38:04 +0000