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The lecture argues that there is no concrete evidence that Hanging Gardens of Babylon existed. This casts doubt on the idea of reading passage that there are ample reasons providing the existence of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. First of all, the lecture says that the author of 'the Bibliotheca historica of Diodorus' which mentioned Hanging Gardens, did not actually visit the Babylon. Also, this story is kind of adventure story which is made up with fabricated story to make readers excited. This rebuffs the idea of the reading passage that there is evidence of Hanging Gardens in the records from Greece. Secondly, the lecture argues that Babylonians were only capable of constructing buildings with clay, the component which is not suitable for making gardens. It means that Babylonians had little expertise in handling with components for building gardens. This refutes the concept of reading passage that Babylonians had great architectural skills, so it was possible for them to build Hanging Gardens. Lastly, the lecture insists that there is no evidence of water supply system which was needed to maintain Hanging Garden. Location of Hanging Garden is middle of the desert, so it is impossible for Hanging Garden to be maintained without water supply system. This contradicts the suggestion from the reading passage that there exists three holes used for pumping waters from ground to tops of the terraces, so three holes act as an evidence for Hanging Gardens. |