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The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
An Elusive World Wonder Traced
Taschenbuch von Stephanie Dalley
Sprache: Englisch

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Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystery to piece together the enigmatic history of this elusive world wonder.
Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystery to piece together the enigmatic history of this elusive world wonder.
Über den Autor
Stephanie Dalley is an Honorary Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. With degrees in Assyriology from the Universities of Cambridge and London, her academic career has specialized in the study of ancient cuneiform texts and she has worked on archaeological excavations in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan. She has written several books on the myths and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, with special reference to their impact on later civilizations, many of which have been translated into Arabic, Italian, and Japanese. She lives in Oxford with her husband and maintains a large garden.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Dedication

  • Acknowledgements

  • List of Colour Plates

  • List of Figures

  • Time-line

  • General Map

  • Introduction

  • 1: Drawing a Blank in Babylon

  • 2: Classical Writers and their Testimony

  • 3: Three Pictures, and Archimedes

  • 4: Sennacherib's Great Invention

  • 5: Engineering for Water Management

  • 6: Confusion of Names

  • 7: The Unrivalled Palace, the Queen and the Garden

  • 8: Symbolism and Imitators

  • 9: Defeat and Revival: Nineveh after 612 BC

  • Conclusion

  • Appendix: The Section of Prism Inscription Describing the Palace and Garden

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198728849
ISBN-10: 0198728840
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dalley, Stephanie
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 213 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Stephanie Dalley
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2015
Gewicht: 0,383 kg
Artikel-ID: 121048224
Über den Autor
Stephanie Dalley is an Honorary Research Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. With degrees in Assyriology from the Universities of Cambridge and London, her academic career has specialized in the study of ancient cuneiform texts and she has worked on archaeological excavations in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan. She has written several books on the myths and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, with special reference to their impact on later civilizations, many of which have been translated into Arabic, Italian, and Japanese. She lives in Oxford with her husband and maintains a large garden.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Dedication

  • Acknowledgements

  • List of Colour Plates

  • List of Figures

  • Time-line

  • General Map

  • Introduction

  • 1: Drawing a Blank in Babylon

  • 2: Classical Writers and their Testimony

  • 3: Three Pictures, and Archimedes

  • 4: Sennacherib's Great Invention

  • 5: Engineering for Water Management

  • 6: Confusion of Names

  • 7: The Unrivalled Palace, the Queen and the Garden

  • 8: Symbolism and Imitators

  • 9: Defeat and Revival: Nineveh after 612 BC

  • Conclusion

  • Appendix: The Section of Prism Inscription Describing the Palace and Garden

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198728849
ISBN-10: 0198728840
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dalley, Stephanie
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 213 x 134 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Stephanie Dalley
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.05.2015
Gewicht: 0,383 kg
Artikel-ID: 121048224
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