Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World cultural heritage concept legendary garden

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a legendary terraced garden complex of ancient Mesopotamia, famed for their remarkable engineering and lush greenery and long regarded as one of the most iconic wonders of antiquity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hanging Gardens of Babylon canonical 5
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (traditional attribution) 1
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (traditional location) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
cultural heritage concept ⓘ
legendary garden ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence not conclusively identified ⓘ
associatedWith Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
surface form: King Nebuchadnezzar II

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
associatedWithScholar Stephanie Dalley ⓘ
attributedToBuilder Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
category Ancient Mesopotamian architecture ⓘ
Gardens in mythology ⓘ
Legendary places ⓘ
existenceStatus unconfirmed ⓘ
hasAlternativeHypothesisLocation Nineveh ⓘ
hasDepictionIn classical literature ⓘ
historical paintings ⓘ
modern reconstructions ⓘ
hasFeature advanced irrigation system ⓘ
artificial mountain-like construction ⓘ
exotic plants ⓘ
lush vegetation ⓘ
overhanging gardens ⓘ
stone columns ⓘ
terraced structure ⓘ
vaulted terraces ⓘ
water-lifting devices ⓘ
hasQuality awe-inspiring ⓘ
engineering marvel ⓘ
iconic ⓘ
legendary ⓘ
historicity disputed ⓘ
influenced Western imagination of the East ⓘ
later garden design traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Babylon ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
mentionedBy Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Flavius Josephus ⓘ
surface form: Josephus

Quintus Curtius Rufus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
notableFor innovative irrigation engineering ⓘ
status as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
partOf Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
possibleConstructionDate 6th century BCE ⓘ
sourceLanguage Ancient Greek accounts ⓘ
symbolizes human ingenuity ⓘ
luxury ⓘ
paradise garden ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
timePeriod ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Babylon Archaeological Site ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World → hasPart → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
Amytis of Media → notableAssociation → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
Amytis of Media → gardensBuiltFor → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
Antipater of Sidon → wroteAbout → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walls and Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hillah → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanging Gardens of Babylon (traditional location)
House of Nebuchadnezzar → associatedWith → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanging Gardens of Babylon (traditional attribution)
Αμυτις → associatedWith → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ
King of Babylon → associatedWith → Hanging Gardens of Babylon ⓘ