Babylon Gardens is a great legend in history and it is one of the seven wonders of the world and despite the full certainty of its existence, we did not know its place specifically, but it is close to Hilla as it is now called. The name of the city of Babylon is mentioned in the Qur'an with the story of the kings Harout and Marot, and it was the capital of the ancient Babylonian civilization that arose in Iraq. In the Akkadian language Babylon means "the door of God," as the ancient Babylonians called it, located in the Mesopotamia
The construction of the Babylon Gardens, which was built during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II, was built specifically to satisfy his beloved wife, Samiramis, and created a huge oasis of green in the arid desert of Iraq at this time
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were discovered from some of the ancient Roman texts, which they spoke of with great admiration and which in their view reflected the summit of romance in this age
Description of the building that holds the gardens:
The name of the Babylon Gardens is suspended with no cables or ropes in its construction because the gardens were planted on the balconies of the building and not on the ground as we used to. The height of the building was approximately 24 meters and was surrounded by a strong wall of 6.7 meters and length was 17 meters and an area of 14864.5 square meters
The ancient historian Strabo described the method of raising water to these gardens as a genius. The rain in this region is rare in nature due to the surrounding desert environment, so it was necessary to have a source of water and an advanced system for irrigation of plants through the terraces of each floor of the building.
The ancients used a serial pump to raise water to the upper floors, consisting of two huge wheels, one on top of the other And are connected to a large chain suitable for their size and relate to this series some buckets. When the wheel in the water source rotates, it moves the chain and the buckets are filled with water, allowing it to be lifted up and water thrown into the upper floors and then filled again when it returns.
There is another way to use a chopper pump
Building the garden:
The building of the park was built of hard-boiled bricks like all the houses shown in Iraq at this time and because Iraq is a rare country, it did not hurt the ordinary homes, but the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was a unique building and many dealing with water so the use of bitumen to The bricks are separated from the water used to irrigate the plants on the garden floors
Scientists say that what led to the collapse of the park is a strong earthquake in this area has been converted into the rubble covered desert sands to include the largest green oasis of human-made in the heart of the desert in ancient history and modern
The modern discovery of the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon:
A British expedition found some evidence of the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which is 300 miles away from the city of Babel Nineveh. She also discovered some texts that tell her that the water source she was talking about was a complex system of canals that brings water from the mountains to it, which is 50 miles from the park site
Still, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon remain one of the seven wonders of the world built by the ancients in one of the Arab lands, which will remain a myth that will reveal its secrets at the right times.