Visualizing the greatest metropolis in the ancient world requires the full powers of imagination. This is partly due to simple geology. The sun-hardened mud bricks favored by Babylon’s builders have ...

Paris-based design studio Rescubika has unveiled a fantastical proposal for the Babylon Bridge, a pedestrian-only bridge over the river Seine. Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the proposed ...

The true location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon remains an unsolved mystery, but the latest research suggests looking in a different place. With its terracing crammed with trees and vegetation, ...

The Babylonians and Assyrians planted gardens in cities, palace courtyards, and temples, in which trees with fragrance and edible fruits were prominent for re-creating their concept of Paradise. The ...

Hanging Garden of Babylon: The Hanging Garden of Babylon is a legendary ancient garden said to have been built in the city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah in Iraq. It was one of the Seven Wonders ...

A British academic has uncovered an explanation for why archaelogists have never been able to locate the site of the fabled Hanging Garden of Babylon. And the answer - which comes after scores of digs ...

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 ...