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- 2013431777 alternative "Hanging Garden of Babylon".
- 2013431777 contributor B12814036.
- 2013431777 coverage "Assyria History.".
- 2013431777 coverage "Babylon (Extinct city) History.".
- 2013431777 date "2013".
- 2013431777 description "An exciting story of archaeological detection as well as a vividly written description of a little-known civilization. Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, describes how deciphering an ancient Assyrian text-- and comparing it to sculpture in the British Museum-- provided the clues that enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like.".
- 2013431777 description "Drawing a blank in Babylon -- Classical writers and their testimony -- Three pictures, and Archimedes -- Sennacherib's great invention -- Engineering for water management -- Confusion of names -- The unrivalled palace, the queen, and the garden -- Symbolism and imitators -- Defeat and revival : Nineveh after 612 BC -- Appendix. The section of prism inscription describing the palace and garden.".
- 2013431777 description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-268) and index.".
- 2013431777 extent "xviii, 279 pages, 8 pages of plates :".
- 2013431777 identifier "0199662266".
- 2013431777 identifier "9780199662265".
- 2013431777 issued "2013".
- 2013431777 language "eng".
- 2013431777 spatial "Assyria History.".
- 2013431777 spatial "Babylon (Extinct city) History.".
- 2013431777 spatial "Iraq Babylon (Extinct city)".
- 2013431777 spatial "Middle East.".
- 2013431777 subject "935.5 23".
- 2013431777 subject "Archaeology and history Middle East.".
- 2013431777 subject "DS70.5.B3 D34 2013".
- 2013431777 subject "Gardens Iraq Babylon (Extinct city) History.".
- 2013431777 subject "History, Ancient.".
- 2013431777 subject "Seven Wonders of the World.".
- 2013431777 tableOfContents "Drawing a blank in Babylon -- Classical writers and their testimony -- Three pictures, and Archimedes -- Sennacherib's great invention -- Engineering for water management -- Confusion of names -- The unrivalled palace, the queen, and the garden -- Symbolism and imitators -- Defeat and revival : Nineveh after 612 BC -- Appendix. The section of prism inscription describing the palace and garden.".
- 2013431777 title "Hanging Garden of Babylon".
- 2013431777 title "The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : an elusive world wonder traced / Stephanie Dalley.".
- 2013431777 type "text".