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 explain...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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".. 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 |
| Beschreibung: | First published in paperback. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-268) and index |
| Umfang: | xx, 279 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780198728849 |
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| adam_text | THE MYSTERY OF THE HANGING GARDEN OF BABYLON
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
DRAWING A BLANK IN BABYLON
CLASSICAL WRITERS AND THEIR TESTIMONY
THREE PICTURES, AND ARCHIMEDES
SENNACHERIB S GREAT INVENTION
ENGINEERING FOR WATER MANAGEMENT
CONFUSION OF NAMES
THE UNRIVALLED PALACE, THE QUEEN, AND THE GARDEN
SYMBOLISM AND IMITATORS
DEFEAT AND REVIVAL : NINEVEH AFTER 612 BC.
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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