Ancient Wonders
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Classicizing reconstruction by Athanasius Kircher, 1679
apparently based on Ctesias, c.400 BC (square footprint, theatre-style terraces, open galleries & apartments)
and Philo, c.250 BC, or c.150 BC,
or 1st century AD, or 6th century AD (fountains)
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Classicizing reconstruction by Athanasius Kircher, 1679
apparently based on Ctesias, c.400 BC (square footprint, theatre-style terraces, open galleries & apartments)
and Philo, c.250 BC, or c.150 BC,
or 1st century AD, or 6th century AD (fountains)
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Uploaded on October 23, 2007
Taken on October 23, 2007