The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced /
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"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." --Publisher.
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xviii, 279 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-268) and index. :
0199662266
9780199662265 :
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Babylon : Focus mesopotamischer Geschichte, Wiege früher Gelehrsamkeit, Mythos in der Moderne : 2. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 24.-26. März 1998 in...
: xv, 585 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 3930843544 : Nabil
Babylone /
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Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, Mar. 14-June 2, 2008; Pergamon Museum, Berlin, June 26-Oct. 5, 2008 and the British Museum, London, Nov. 13, 2008-Mar. 15, 2009. :
575 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-571) and index. :
9782754102834 (Hazan)
2754102833 (Hazan)
9782350311739 (Musée du Louvre)
2350311732 (Musée du Louvre)