The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: an elusive world wonder traced
"Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains l...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hängende Gärten
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| Further subjects: | B
History, Ancient
B Assyria History B Gardens (Iraq) (Babylon (Extinct city)) History B Seven Wonders of the World B Archaeology and history (Middle East) B Babylon (Extinct city) History |
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| Summary: | "Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains legends surrounding the characters of Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar -- Reassesses specific sculpture in the British Museum." --Publisher 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 |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [245] - 268 |
| ISBN: | 0198728840 |