Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We've all heard of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -- but what are they, exactly? What made these specific seven creations wonders? Why are some equally impressive structures not considered wonders? In the first episode of this continuing series, Ben, Noel and Max set out to learn more Ridiculous History of these ancient wonders... starting with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which may have never actually existed.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:27.7	Fellow Ridiculous historians.
0:29.4	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.4	Let's hear it for our own wonder of the podcasting world,
0:36.2	super producer Mr. Max Williams.
0:38.5	Hello.
0:39.7	I exist.
0:41.1	I haven't been on an episode with you guys in almost a month.
0:44.2	You've always been.
0:45.1	You've always been there in spirit.
0:47.8	Like Mufasa and the clouds,
0:49.7	giving us words of wisdom from beyond.
0:52.3	Only you're still alive.
0:53.7	I did speak myself into a camera episodes at one part real briefly.
0:59.3	You sneak.
1:00.1	With a boop.
1:01.1	Yeah.
1:02.0	No one's like, oh, I missed Max.
1:03.4	You do a boop right here.
1:04.2	I just do a boop.
1:05.2	And you're referring to Mr. Noel Brown.
1:08.0	That's me.
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