Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the Seven Wonders of the WorldThey were 80ft high and featured elaborate terraces and floating plantsAncient texts claim they were built in the Iraqi city of Babylon in 600BCThis lead many to believe Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar built themYet closer analysis suggests they were built 350 miles in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh by King SennacheribAccording to ancient texts, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon boasted elaborate terraces, magnificent water features and floating plants. The decadent grounds are reputed to have been built in the Babylon province of Iraq - yet for centuries no-one has been able to find any physical evidence they existed. However, according to one expert, closer analysis of these texts - along with clues on display at the British Museum - suggest that this may be because archaeologists have been searching in the wrong place. For centuries, historians believed the Hanging Gardens were built in Babylon, Iraq by Emperor Nebuchadnezzar.
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