Висячие Сады Семирамиды.ppt
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
For along time Hanging Gardens of Babylon were thought poetic dreams of the ancients by archaeologists.
Legend, followed by description of ancient historians argue that the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who lives in the VI centure BC, made hanging gardens for his wife. His Wife was Persian princess. She missed in hot Babylon the green hills of the Motherland.
Near the palace this garden were built. This garden did not have equal in beauty in all the time of the world. Here were collected plants close and distant countries. Nebuchadnezzar II brought exotic plants from his war.
Seven gradually rising terrases , each of which was a kind of garden was very beautiful. On each floor filled a layer of fertile soil and planted trees and flowers. Floors connected be a staircase
Special flash device was used for watering gardens. Powerful columns supported all this Structure. It seems that beautiful gardens hanging in the air from a distance.
• Unfortunately, this wonder of ancient world lasted long about two centuries. • First people begun forget to care for gardens, then powerfull floods have destroyed the foundation of the columns and the whole structure collapsed.
• In the end of XIX centure Robert Koldewey discovered what is left of the gardens.
There a lot of opinions that the existence of these gardens is impossible. First, because the construction of gardens dates back to the days of king Nebuchadnezzar II and Semiramide the legendary founder of Babylon - lived many centuries earlier. Secondly, becouse in the hot dry Babylon gardens in general not possible. Thirdly, it is possible near the Euphrates.
Висячие Сады Семирамиды.ppt