The "Hanging Gardens" of Babylon

Although there is still some doubt today about whether the "Hanging Gardens" of Babylon ever really existed, according to legend, it stood on the banks of the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon created the "Hanging Gardens" in his palace, located in the Mesopotamian desert, around 600 BC based on imagination. It is said that this "Hanging Garden" was built to please the king's wife, who missed her homeland in Media (now northern Iran) and its scenery of rolling mountains and lush vegetation. Archaeologists have yet to agree on the possible location of the "Hanging Gardens," but they have discovered... %B