Babylon was famous for its Hanging Gardens, which some believe may have actually been in the Assyrian capital, Nineveh, where this relief, now held in the British Museum, London, was found.

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An Assyrian wall relief showing gardens in Nineveh. Photo: Biblical Archeology Society. After two centuries of archaeologists scouring Babylon’s four-square-miles for proof of the wonder, ...

This is Dutch artist Jacob van Loo’s depiction of Judean Gov. Zerubbabel showing King Cyrus the Great of Babylon his plan to rebuild Jerusalem. Van Loo lived from 1614-70. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

The two layers excavated dated to the Sasanian period—an empire ruled between 224–651 C.E—and the ancient Babylonian period—ruled between ca. 1894 and 1595 B.C.E.

When it was made: Old Babylonian period, between 1900 and 1600 B.C. Related: Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli: A 600-year-old mask of the Aztec fire god taken as treasure by conquistadors.