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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
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| En: | Año: 2013 |
| Edición: | 1. ed. |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Hängende Gärten
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| Otras palabras clave: | 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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| Sumario: | "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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| Notas: | Literaturverz. S. [245] - 268 |
| Descripción Física: | XVIII, 279 S., [4] Bl., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-872884-9 978-0-19-966226-5 |
