Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . dotus. Among these are a tunnelunder the Euphrates, subterranean banquetingrooms of brass, and the famous hanging-gardens. The palace connected with the hanging-gardens wasunequaled in size and splendor. Its outer wall hada circuit of six miles, while within it were two otherembattled walls and a large tower. All the gateswere of br
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . dotus. Among these are a tunnelunder the Euphrates, subterranean banquetingrooms of brass, and the famous hanging-gardens. The palace connected with the hanging-gardens wasunequaled in size and splendor. Its outer wall hada circuit of six miles, while within it were two otherembattled walls and a large tower. All the gateswere of brass. The interior of the palace was splen-didly decorated with statues of men and animals,and furnished with vessels of gold and silver, andwith every species of luxury, accumulated by Ne-buchadnezzar in his conquests. The population was estimated by Pliny to be-1,200,000, but others placed it at a much lowerfigure, as a considerable portion of the squares withinthe walls of the city was used for agricultural pur-poses, so as to render the city self-sustaining in thetime of sieges; consequently the population wouldnot be in proportion to the area. Under the reignof ISTebuchadnezzar, Babylon was the Mistress ofthe East. Pharaoh Necho was the first to take up.
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