subtitled "Blame it on a bad translation. This ancient wonder may not have been in Babylon."
A man stands near the massive walls of Nineveh.
1 posted on
06/01/2013 1:05:55 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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4 posted on
06/01/2013 1:10:11 PM PDT by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: SunkenCiv
Those walls are fantastic!
5 posted on
06/01/2013 1:10:31 PM PDT by
chesty_puller
(Viet Nam 1970-71 He who shed blood with me shall forever be my brother. Shak.)
To: SunkenCiv
I’ll continue to go with Richard Haliburton, Book 2, The Orient, Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar built the hanging gardens for his princess wife who longed for the greenness of Media, her home
A tank at the top held water from the river. It trickled down the terraces to keep the plants lush.
9 posted on
06/01/2013 1:21:27 PM PDT by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....Obama Denies Role in Government)
To: SunkenCiv
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Couldn’t both cities have had gardens?
15 posted on
06/01/2013 1:33:52 PM PDT by
DManA
To: SunkenCiv
They invented hydroponics....
23 posted on
06/01/2013 2:04:27 PM PDT by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, of course The Hanging Gardens (like Troy!) didn’t exist!
Until somebody digs them up, that is.
32 posted on
06/01/2013 3:54:59 PM PDT by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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I have a hard time trusting Liz Snodgrass.
33 posted on
06/01/2013 4:02:58 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
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