<P> To date, no archaeological evidence has been found at Babylon for the Hanging Gardens . It is possible that evidence exists beneath the Euphrates, which cannot be excavated safely at present . The river flowed east of its current position during the time of Nebuchadnezzar II, and little is known about the western portion of Babylon . Rollinger has suggested that Berossus attributed the Gardens to Nebuchadnezzar for political reasons, and that he had adopted the legend from elsewhere . </P> <P> A recent theory proposes that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually constructed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (reigned 704--681 BC) for his palace at Nineveh . Stephanie Dalley posits that during the intervening centuries the two sites became confused, and the extensive gardens at Sennacherib's palace were attributed to Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylon . Recently discovered evidence includes excavation of a vast system of aqueducts inscribed to Sennacherib, which Dalley proposes were part of a 80 - kilometre (50 mi) series of canals, dams, and aqueducts used to carry water to Nineveh with water - raising screws used to raise it to the upper levels of the gardens . </P> <P> Dalley bases her arguments on recent developments in the decipherment of contemporary Akkadian inscriptions . Her main points are: </P> <Ul> <Li> The name "Babylon", meaning "Gate of the Gods" was applied to several Mesopotamian cities . Sennacherib renamed the city gates of Nineveh after gods, which suggests that he wished his city to be considered "a Babylon". </Li> <Li> Only Josephus names Nebuchadnezzar as the king who built the gardens; although Nebuchadnezzar left many inscriptions, none mentions any garden or engineering works . Diodorus Siculus and Quintus Curtius Rufus specify a "Syrian" king . </Li> <Li> By contrast, Sennacherib left written descriptions, and there is archaeological evidence of his water engineering . His grandson Assurbanipal pictured the mature garden on a sculptured wall panel in his palace . </Li> <Li> Sennacherib called his new palace and garden "a wonder for all peoples". He describes the making and operation of screws to raise water in his garden . </Li> <Li> The descriptions of the classical authors fit closely to these contemporary records . Before the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC Alexander the Great camped for four days near the aqueduct at Jerwan . The historians who travelled with him would have had ample time to investigate the enormous works around them, recording them in Greek . These first - hand accounts do not survive into our times but were quoted by later Greek writers . </Li> </Ul>

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