The Hanging Gardens of… Nineveh?

In the oldest surviving list of the seven wonders of the world, which is preserved in the form of an epigram by Antipater of Sidon, he also lists the “Hanging Gardens”. He doesn’t provide any further details. He also leaves open where they actually are.

In addition to the gardens, Antipatros mentions the

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