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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Seven Wonders #3)


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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧
Writer: Jo Steer ✍️
Sound effects: afternoon birdsong 🐦 

Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back in time to 600 BCE, to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in modern-day Iraq. We’ll use historical descriptions, myths and literature to re-imagine this ancient wonder in all its beauty. 😴

Includes mentions of: Ancient History, Science & Nature, Mythology, Walking, Plants. 

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