The Hanging Gardens
Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon, created his legendary Hanging Gardens for his Iranianborn Queen Amytis, it is said, in the sixth century BC. Yet no certain evidence of any gardens, hanging or otherwise, has been recovered from the Ancient Mesopotamian city. It is possible the story conflated tales of earlier gardens, such as those of the seventh-century BC palace of Nineveh on the banks of the Euphrates, although this hasn’t been confirmed. To date, the Hanging Gardens remain the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World whose location and very existence remain unknown.