The blue-gray trapezoidal four-story balcony-style building is square in shape, with a side length of about 100 meters. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Each floor of the balcony is supported by a number of large brick columns below.

In the center of each floor is a pavilion.

"Whoever steals the property of a god or the court of a freeman shall be put to death, and whoever receives the proceeds of his goods shall be put to death."

"A freeman who trespasses on the dwelling of another shall be killed and buried in this trespass."

The lotus led the screaming girl and stepped into the hall while translating the words carved on the stone pillar, and said, "These are the sixth and twenty-first articles of the Code of Hammurabi, and the others are also treaties in the Code of Hammurabi concerning the protection of property. ”

"Eun! Wow guarded! Li Jiani smiled and said, "In this way, we are not afraid that someone will come to steal our house!" ”

"Huh.." Lotus smiled dryly. Anyway, it's in, and love can be described however you want!

"Let's hurry!" Li Jiani urged excitedly. Her goal is very clear, that is, the big bed in the palace... No, it's a treasure!

"Wait.." Lotus waved her hand to stop her daughter-in-law who wanted to run away, raised her hand and pointed to the right side, "There is a stone tablet over there, go over and take a look first." ”

"Huh? Stele? Hearing this, Li Jiani hurriedly turned around and took a photo, and sure enough, the outline of a stone tablet could be faintly seen in the dark side hall.

The two of them immediately stepped forward, and the blue-gray stone tablet was about six meters high and three meters wide, densely carved with words and patterns.

"Hurry!" Li Jiani was pleasantly surprised and coquettishly said: "Husband, turn it over!" What's written on this! ”

Lotus squeezed her little hand and quickly browsed it from top to bottom, her eyes flashing strange colors from time to time.

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"Hey.." Lotus laughed abruptly and said to herself, "It's quite interesting." ”

"Ahhh Husband! Li Jiani was in a hurry, her whole body was hung on the lotus flower's shoulder, and she choked up greasy and crookedly: "What are you writing?" Why is it interesting? Tell your wife about it! ”

"Good!" Lotus stopped her waist and hugged the woman wrapped around her, and said with a smile: "Then you listen well." ”

"This building is not called a hanging garden, well... Or rather, it has multiple names. ”

"What are the names? What are they? Li Jiani writhed and tossed.

"Don't worry." Lotus strode towards the pavilion with her in her arms, he pushed open a stone door and pointed to another stone door inside, and said with a smile: "This building has four floors, and each floor has its own unique significance. ”

"The first level is called the Sanctuary of Ilkalullah, which symbolizes the underworld in the Babylonian belief system."

"Underworld!" Li Jiani stared straight at Shimen and swallowed saliva.

"Yes, the underworld." Lotus pushed open the stone door in front of her again and said, "According to the records of the stone tablet, there was once a goddess named Ishtar. And her lover is the dead plant protector Damoz. In order to save his life, Istal resolutely came to the underworld to seek the fountain of life. ”

"Legend has it that there are seven gates in the underworld, and Ishar has to take off a piece of clothing every time he crosses the gate."

"She ended up stripped naked, but was imprisoned by the goddess of the underworld, Negar."

However, all the plants on the earth lost their lives because of the death of Damoz. The leaves of the trees fell and withered and died. So the gods sent the underworld at the same time, asking for Istar to be acquitted, and to let her have the fountain of life and save her lover. ”

The lotus paused slightly, and gently pushed open the seventh stone door.

In the middle of the temple, a spring pool made of gold is located in the center of the temple.

The pond is divided into three tiers, in the shape of a step, and the bottom seat is about two meters and a half in diameter. The total height of the three floors is close to two meters.

The water in the spring pond is living water, and the water surface of the three-story pool is rippling with ripples full of life.

"It's a beautiful job." Lotus couldn't help but praise again. You know, this is thousands of years old! To be able to make the water system to such a point, this level alone makes this building worthy of the name of miracle.

"Holy water!" Li Jiani stretched out her arms and desperately tried to grab the golden water cup in the top spring.

"Don't make a fuss." The lotus took a few steps back and said, "Where is this holy water?" This is groundwater. ”

"Drink the groundwater too!" Li Jiani pitifully flattened her mouth, "Drink it all!" ”

"What are you drinking?" Lotus thought for a while and confessed: "Don't say that I scare you, the stone tablet records the construction of the year." It was built by 25,000 Jewish prisoners over a period of three years. By the time the project was completed, only 780 of the 20,000 people remained. You know the corpses are gone..."

"Gwoe~~" Li Jiani quickly shook her head with a pale face, "Don't, don't say it." I do not know! Don't want to know either! ”

The lotus shrugged. The inscription states that whenever someone dies of hard work, the body is thrown into an underground river. Even the last 780 people were thrown into the river.

This underground river is supposed to be fed by the Euphrates, but what's going on inside... Well, he didn't want to go down and find out at all.

"Husband, let's go quickly, go to the second floor.." Li Jiani turned her head away from looking at the golden spring pool that she thought was wonderful before.

"Yes." Lotus hugged her and walked out. In fact, this palace has some other exquisite decorations besides the fountain pool, but there are no treasures that make them shine.

Lotus walked down the outer staircase to the second floor, and said as she walked: "The second floor is called the temple of Oia. ”

"Oia is the god of waters, the third of all gods. However, this is not a place to worship Oia. but the burial ground of Absu. ”

According to the Babylonian epics, the first world was a sea of chaos and chaos. Only the sea and the sweet water under the ground exist. These two primordial waters seeped together, and the gods were born out of the water. ”

"And Absu is the embodiment of the sweet water underground."

"Absu was killed by the god Oia, and legend has it that the temple of Oya was built on top of his corpse."

"What an idea." The lotus flower looked at the shallow layer of crystal clear water under her feet in amazement, and then let go of her arm and put down Li Jiani, who was making a lot of noise, to have fun.

There is a small bump around the edge of the balcony that surrounds the second floor, and the entire platform is filled with shallow water waves that are only 2 cm long.

"Wow!" Li Jiani happily stepped on the water to play, and said happily: "Husband, is the water here alive?" It's always been like this, has it? ”

"Yes, that's right." Lotus nodded. The water here is transported by canals, and when the water level rises above the ground, it is transported to other places by sloping paths, which is a perfect system. (To be continued.) )