Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
A legendary, ancient architectural wonder, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the most famed wonders of the Ancient world. Described as being a luscious green space - likened to distant mountains, and fed by the Euphrates river, it's hard to know what was fact and what was fiction. So were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon actually real? And is there any archaeological evidence proving so?
In the next episode of our Babylon miniseries, Tristan is joined by Professor Grant Frame, and welcomes back Dr Stephanie Dalley, to delve into this mysterious ancient creation. Looking at the archaeology of ancient-Iraq, the geographic landscape on which the Gardens were built, and examining the socio-political history of ancient Babylon - is it possible that these gardens might have actually existed? And if not, what is this fantastical myth based on?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, this is Scott. |
| 0:03.4 | If you love learning about Greece and Rome, but are also interested in all the ancient civilizations |
| 0:09.2 | that came before them, then check out the Ancient World Podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | You'll learn about the Sumerians and Acadians, the Babylonians and Assyrians, the Hittites |
| 0:20.3 | and Ancient Egypt, the Minotans, the Elamites, and much, much more, including the infamous |
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| 0:29.9 | And that's just the first series. |
| 0:32.8 | In later series, you'll learn how all these civilizations were rediscovered, follow the |
| 0:38.0 | story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra's descendants over ten generations, and take a deep dive |
| 0:44.3 | into the Iron Age and the Hellenistic Era. |
| 0:47.7 | That's the Ancient World Podcast. |
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| 0:59.9 | Acast recommends the funny side. |
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| 1:22.1 | Susie Tent, Joe Lysier and Sarah Millican have all spilled the beans. |
| 1:26.4 | And then we decide if their drink is a spit or a swallow. |
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| 1:32.5 | I despair. |
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