Where were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon located?

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II was said to have constructed the luxurious Hanging Gardens in the sixth century B.C. as a gift to his wife, Amytis, ... confusion of the location of the gardens could be due to the Assyrian conquering of Babylon in 689 B.C. read more

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as listed by Hellenic culture, described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks, and said to have been built in the ancient city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. read more

Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ancient gardens considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and thought to have been located near the royal palace in Babylon. By the beginning of the 21st century, the site of the Hanging Gardens had not yet been conclusively established. read more

Currently no records attributed to Nebuchadnezzar II and the people who were in his kingdom mention the gardens at all; there exists only writings from scholars who lived centuries after Nebuchadnezzar II. read more