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02/01/2019 New Yorker cartoon 1960 by Robert J Day View of possible site of Nineveh Hanging Gardens Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 1 2 Artists impression (Terry Ball) of possible Nineveh Hanging Gardens draft reconstruction


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New Yorker cartoon 1960 by Robert J Day

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View of possible site of Nineveh Hanging Gardens

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Artist’s impression (Terry Ball) of possible Nineveh Hanging Gardens draft reconstruction by Andrew Lacey Relief from Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad

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Maarten van Heemskerck 1572

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Maarten de Vos 1614

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Antonio Tempesta 1608

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Pierre Valleran 1675-1700

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Robert von Spalart 1798

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19th century idea of Hanging Gardens

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Artist's impression 1927 based on Koldeway Ishtar gate Lowell Thomas documentary 1956 set by Mario Larrinaga Hanging gardens by Charles Sheldon 1924

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Cornelisz Anthonisz 1547

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Tower of Babel by van Valckenborch 1594 Ninus and Semiramis Alexander in Babylon by Le Brun

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The Garden Relief

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Gardens on a relief of Ashurbanipal

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Gardens on a relief of Ashurbanipal Nineveh sporting events in garden Sennacherib presiding over capture of Lachish

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Sennacherib’s reliefs from Nineveh

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Ashurbanipal and his queen relaxing in a garden

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Human headed winged bull palace of Sargon II Khorsabad c 700 BC Babylon 1973 Babylon 1932

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Ishtar Gate during excavations

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British Museum lion from Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace Belshazzar’s Feast by Rembrandt John Martin Belshazzar’s Feast 1820

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Destruction of Nineveh 1828 Delacroix Death of Sardanapolis 1827

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