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2013-05-08, 15:35
Läste denna nyhet på FB. Dr. Stephanie Dalley från Oxfords universitet kommer i dagarna att släppa sin nya bok: "The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon." (http://www.bokus.com/bok/9780199662265/the-mystery-of-the-hanging-garden-of-babylon/) efter studier med massiva bevis under tidsperiod på 18 år.
Hon förklarar till exempel varför man inte funnit ett av de världens ursprungliga sju underverk, Babylons hängande trädgård. Detta är för att man letat på fel ställe. Trädgården existerade egentligen i Assyriens huvudstad, Nineveh, omkr. 500km från vart man först trott.
After 18 years of study, she has concluded that the garden was built by the Assyrians in the north of Mesopotamia rather than by their great enemies the Babylonians in the south.
Dr Dalley has amassed a wealth of evidence to show that the garden - one of the original seven wonders of the world - was created at Nineveh, in the early 7th century BC.
She believes her research shows that the feat of engineering was achieved by the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, rather than the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.
The new evidence emerged from deciphering Babylonian and Assyrian scripts and reinterpreting later Greek and Roman texts.
Vidare:
Dr Dalley, an expert in ancient Middle Eastern languages, said she was astonished to find Sennacherib’s own description of an “unrivalled palace” and a “wonder for all peoples”.
He describes the marvel of a water-raising screw made using a new method of casting bronze – and predating the invention of Archimedes’ screw by some four centuries.
Som notis har detta visat sig hända flera gånger under historiens gång. Mycket på grund av att man ännu inte utforskat det forna Assyrien till fullo.
"Having first broached her theory in 1992, Dr Dalley is now presenting a mass of evidence in a book, The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon.
She is convinced that Sennacherib’s garden fulfils the criteria for a wonder of the world – “magnificent in conception, spectacular in engineering, and brilliant in artistry”."
"Little of Nineveh – near present-day Mosul – has so far been explored, because it has been judged too dangerous until now to conduct excavations."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hanging-gardens-babylon-were-actually-1872876
Ska bli spännande att läsa. Oxford University Press släpper den om ett par veckor och min bror har beställt den. Vad tror ni?
Hon förklarar till exempel varför man inte funnit ett av de världens ursprungliga sju underverk, Babylons hängande trädgård. Detta är för att man letat på fel ställe. Trädgården existerade egentligen i Assyriens huvudstad, Nineveh, omkr. 500km från vart man först trott.
After 18 years of study, she has concluded that the garden was built by the Assyrians in the north of Mesopotamia rather than by their great enemies the Babylonians in the south.
Dr Dalley has amassed a wealth of evidence to show that the garden - one of the original seven wonders of the world - was created at Nineveh, in the early 7th century BC.
She believes her research shows that the feat of engineering was achieved by the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, rather than the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.
The new evidence emerged from deciphering Babylonian and Assyrian scripts and reinterpreting later Greek and Roman texts.
Vidare:
Dr Dalley, an expert in ancient Middle Eastern languages, said she was astonished to find Sennacherib’s own description of an “unrivalled palace” and a “wonder for all peoples”.
He describes the marvel of a water-raising screw made using a new method of casting bronze – and predating the invention of Archimedes’ screw by some four centuries.
Som notis har detta visat sig hända flera gånger under historiens gång. Mycket på grund av att man ännu inte utforskat det forna Assyrien till fullo.
"Having first broached her theory in 1992, Dr Dalley is now presenting a mass of evidence in a book, The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon.
She is convinced that Sennacherib’s garden fulfils the criteria for a wonder of the world – “magnificent in conception, spectacular in engineering, and brilliant in artistry”."
"Little of Nineveh – near present-day Mosul – has so far been explored, because it has been judged too dangerous until now to conduct excavations."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hanging-gardens-babylon-were-actually-1872876
Ska bli spännande att läsa. Oxford University Press släpper den om ett par veckor och min bror har beställt den. Vad tror ni?