The hanging gardens of Babylon were considered one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. They were said to be an ascending series of tiered gardens with an array of trees, shrubs and vines.

Despite its fame, UNESCO recognition only arrived in 2019 and its best-known monument, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, is nowhere to be seen. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our ...

With no certainty about the location, of course it's unclear when the gardens were destroyed, and by whom. But Strabo's ancient account describes gardens that were in ruins by the end of the 1st ...

But the most mysterious of the seven ancient wonders is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, rumored to have existed some 2,500 years ago. No preserved Babylonian writings from that time mention the ...