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Babylon: City of Wonders
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HISTORY OF ART: BCE TO C 500 CE, ANCIENT & CLASSICAL WORLD. This is a strikingly-illustrated short introduction to Babylon, a powerful and sophisticated ancient city and the home of the fabled Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezzar, one of the 7 Wonders of the World. The city of Babylon flourished for nearly 2,000 years on the River Euphrates in what is now central Iraq. Today we can visualise a splendid city of massive walls, towering pyramid-shaped temples, vast royal palaces and gardens, and monumental gateways. Festivals and processions dedicated to the gods passed along streets lined with colourful glazed-brick reliefs of lions and mythical beasts. The glory of Babylon was expressed not only in physical buildings but also in the learning and scholarship of the city. Babylonian achievements in mathematics, astronomy and medicine had far-reaching effects on the Classical world and even on our own times we get our sixty-minute hours from Babylonia. This city of wonders is brought back to life in these colourful pages.
Format: Paperback
Published: 2008
Pages: 96
Publisher: British Museum Press
ISBN: 9780714111711
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