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020    $a 0199662266
020    $a 9780199662265
035    $a (OCoLC)809032332
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050  4 $a DS70.5.B3 $b D35 2013
082 04 $a 935 $2 23
100 1  $a Dalley, Stephanie.
245 14 $a The mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon : $b an elusive world wonder traced / $c Stephanie Dalley.
250    $a 1st ed.
260    $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2013.
300    $a xviii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 22 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
520    $a "Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains legends surrounding the characters of Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar -- Reassesses specific sculpture in the British Museum." --Publisher.
651  0 $a Babylon (Extinct city)
650  0 $a Seven Wonders of the World.
651  0 $a Assyria $x History.
650  0 $a History, Ancient.
650  0 $a Archaeology and history $z Middle East $y To 500 CE.
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956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C64AB1EFE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320

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