Babilon Hanging Garden. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. In the first century BC Diodorus Siculus described them as gardens suspended in the air.
Ancient Hanging Gardens Babylon 3d Max Jardines Colgantes Jardines Colgantes De Babilonia Jardines from www.pinterest.com
In the first century BC Diodorus Siculus described them as gardens suspended in the air. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees shrubs and vines resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks. Hanging Gardens of Babylon ancient gardens considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and thought to have been located near the royal palace in Babylon.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture.
The so-called Hanging Gardens of Babylon astounded and perplexed observers. Millennia after its destruction the city of Babylon remains a symbol of extravagance and wealth. The name comes from an inexact translation of the Greek word kremastos or the Latin word pensilis which means not just hanging but overhanging as in the case of a terrace or balcony. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were the fabled gardens which beautified the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire built by its greatest king Nebuchadnezzar II r.
