The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced / Stephanie Dalley.

1st ed.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

xviii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm

An exciting story of archaeological detection as well as a vividly written description of a little-known civilization. Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, describes how deciphering an ancient Assyrian text-- and comparing it to sculpture in the British Museum-- provided the clues that enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like.

English

August 08, 2013