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Carved In Stone - Ancient

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: OK, this is where we’re going to get the emails. These lush gardens, supposedly built in 600 B.C. by King Nebuchadnezzar II as a token of appreciation to his wife, are most often depicted cascading down the stone walls of Babylon. The walls, incidentally, were considered part of the Seven Wonders descriptions. Vaults and arches were built into the walls, and the rock foundations were hollowed out. The Hanging Gardens, by the way, were in present-day Iraq.

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