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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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    (600 BC- )
    Located at Babylon, or modern day Baghdad, Iraq
    Believed to have been constructed by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II
    One of the seven wonders of the ancient world

Why Hanging Gardens of Babylon might be annoying:

    It is described in great detail by ancient Greek historians and poets who had never even visited the site.
    It was supposedly on the Euphrates River, but no evidence of it being there has surfaced.
    Archaeologists have been able to excavate the foundation of an ancient palace similar to the description of the foundation of the Hanging Gardens in the area of where Babylon existed, with irrigation wells, but it is nowhere near the Euphrates River.
    Some believe it was constructed by a king who ruled 100 years before Nebuchadnezzar II.
    Since hard rock was hard to come by in the region, it was built by sand rock which easily deteriorated with water.
    It no longer exists.
    It was supposedly built to satisfy the wife of Nebuchadnezzar II.

Why Hanging Gardens of Babylon might not be annoying:

    It was through the accounts of Alexander the Great's soldiers that we know about it.
    It might have just been a merging of every beautiful site and account of Babylon.
    ArchaEologists discover more and more structures similar to Greek descriptions of it.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 22.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 126 Votes: 45.24% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 185 Votes: 41.08% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 235 Votes: 45.11% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 172 Votes: 28.49% Annoying