The Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Seven Wonders of the World

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According to legend, the Hanging Gardens were constructed adjacent to a magnificent palace commissioned by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II. He reportedly built them for his Median wife, Queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. How much of this legend is true? Were the Gardens even real?

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