The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are believed to have been heard of by most of the people of the world. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in fact, the origin and ownership of this legendary garden is quite controversial.

Some say it was not created by Nebuchadnezzar II, but by the Assyrian Empire, which conquered Babylon.

It is also claimed that the Hanging Gardens were built 300 miles north of Babylon, in Nineveh, the former capital of the Assyrian Empire.

It is also said that the Hanging Gardens did not exist at all, and that they were just the imagination of historians, writers and poets of ancient Greece and Rome.

After all, there is no mention of the garden in any cuneiform documents excavated from the Barhemban civilization.

And the description and praise of the hanging garden in those classic works of later generations are only based on hearsay.

In fact, no one in ancient times, whether it was a scholar or a king, had ever actually seen this garden.

But...

"See? This is cuneiform. "The lotus flower bowed to the dense pattern above the stone gate," the underground palace was built in the 21st year of Nebuchadnezzar II's reign, in 584 B.C., the third year of the Babylonian captivity. ”

"As for what the hell is in here..."

"We'll find out when we go inside!" Li Jiani shouted excitedly.

"Well, let's go."

Passing through the stone gate, there is a bottomless cloister with a blue-gray stone floor and intricate carved patterns on the walls.

Huh? Lotus paused slightly, he glanced thoughtfully at the blue-gray ground in front of him, and then walked into it with the bouncing Li Jiani without hesitation.

"Husband, this is really a flower in the air..."

"Dingding.."

"Huh? What's that? Li Jiani patted her belly, squatted on the ground with a puzzled face and picked up the short arrow shot from the wall, and said in surprise: "Mechanism? ”

"Yes." Lotus approached the wall with a little curiosity, raised her hand and smashed into the rock wall, and pulled the mechanism out in a few clicks.

The mechanism is very simple, the pressure is triggered, and the stone slab that the lotus flower deliberately steps on is the trigger condition.

Li Jiani glanced at the tattered bits and pieces, then raised her head and stared at the dark and quiet space in front of her and asked, "Is there anything ahead?" ”

"I don't know." The lotus flower stuffed the broken copper and iron back into the big hole in the rock wall again. He has a keen instinct for danger, but how can these things be called dangerous! The unsociable slate was what he saw with his eyes.

"Okay!" Li Jiani threw the short arrow into her pocket, and asked as she walked, "Husband, is this really a hanging garden?" ”

"yes." The lotus lifted her leg and took a step to the left, and the stone slab under her feet sank slightly.

"Dingding.."

"Then why is it called the Hanging Garden?" Li Jiani asked beautifully while being beaten: "This is obviously an underground garden!" ”

"There is no mention of this structure in the construction documents of Nebuchadnezzar II, and the labor used is supposed to be part of the Jewish prisoners." Lotus reached out and pushed away the short arrow that was clamped between her chest, thought for a moment, and said, "The Jews liberated by the Persians may know some news about the disappeared kindred, but it is not accurate. That's why the hanging garden is paradoxically depicted. ”

And according to ancient Greek texts, the word used to describe the garden is kremastos. In addition to the meaning of hanging, this ancient Greek word also has a usage that protrudes from the inside out. ”

"So that means .. Hey? What sound? Li Jiani hurriedly looked ahead, but the end of the light was still pitch black.

"Guess what." Lotus waved her hand and opened the mask, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled: "Yes, it's very fresh." ”

Seeing this, Li Jiani hurriedly opened the mask and sucked a few times, and said in surprise: "What's the matter!" Is this air so good? Huh? Is this the sound of water? ”

"According to the literature, the most amazing thing about the Babylonian garden is the water supply." Lotus hugged her as she walked and said, "A historian at Oxford University recently put forward a new theory that the Babylonian Garden exists, but this building is not in Babylon, but in Nineveh. and was made by Sennacherib king of Assyria. ”

The historian made an important argument based on geographical estimates that the plains around Babylon could not have provided irrigation water for the fabled Hanging Gardens.

"But..."

The lotus stopped, and by this time the cloister had come to an end.

In front of the two of them was a huge underground space, and the whole space was filled with the sound of rushing water.

At this time, they were about eighty meters away from the surface, and a huge rock platform ten meters high towered in the center of the space.

Above the stone platform is a blue-gray multi-storey tower building, about 50 meters high, and each floor has a sloping staircase made of brick arches and stone slabs leading to the upper floor.

The platform is divided into four tiers, each with an elaborate marble path.

Although there is no legendary floral garden, no flowers, the building in front of you is still perfectly thrilling.

"Wow!" Li Jiani screamed excitedly, she shook the lotus's arm vigorously and shouted, "Husband, look there!" Look there! ”

Lotus followed her line of sight, and saw that the multiple canals around the palace were continuously transporting groundwater upward, he thought about it and smiled: "That's the siphon effect." ”

"Eun! Let's get over there! "Li Jiani doesn't care what the principle is, she wants to go in and flip through it now!

"Okay." The lotus pinched her little face, led her up the steps of the underground river, and praised as she went: "This project is very good, the river is also very beautiful, and the Jews are really very capable." ”

"Eun! Pretty! Thank you to them for building us such a beautiful home! Li Jianile Taotao agreed, her eyes sparkled around, and she wondered: "Husband, is this place made by Nebuchadnezzar II for his concubine?" ”

"Probably not." Lotus pondered for a moment and hesitated: "But it can't be just for hiding treasures here, right?" ”

"That's right! Treasures of Babylon! Li Jiani suddenly shouted. She really left this thing behind just now, and all she wanted was to find the most beautiful place to celebrate...

Of course, if there are many beautiful places, then celebrate many of them.

Lotus glanced at her suspiciously, what kind of reflection is this? But he didn't think much of it, and led her to the front of the steps, and slowly stepped on the road to the legendary Hanging Garden. (To be continued.) )