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#hanging gardens

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (claimed sites)

Neo-Babylonian claimed 600 BCE; Assyrian alternative 700 BCE · Babylonian or Assyrian (Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib)

Unlocated wonder: Nebuchadnezzar's terraces vs Dalley's Nineveh screw garden.