Rowie's Scribbles

One of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was a spectacle to behold in the hot dry environment of Mesopotamia. I was inspired to read up about this because I never really knew much about it. Turns out there was A LOT I didn't know so I'll share it with you :) History Babylon (present-day Iraq) was the city-state of ancient Mesopotamia. Under King Nebuchadnezzar II, the city was a wonder to its visitor for its size & architecture. Herodotus, a historian in 450 BC described Babylon as follows: massive walls of huge size & strength; within the walls, there were fortresses & temples containing statues of solid gold. The famous Tower of Babel, built for the god Marduk, rose high above the city, seemingly piercing into heaven itself. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was no less spectacular, built around 600BCE.  Yet this Gardens was not mentioned by Herodotus. King Nebuchadnezzar built the gardens to please his Persian wife Amyitis, whom he m...

I'm sure some of you have heard of the legend of Atlantis; a great civilization with advanced technology & possibly god-kings residing on an island only to be swept away by the sea. Let's have a look at this fascinating story & the deets on it. Plato Atlantis Atlantis is a huge island, consisting of alternating rings of land & sea (circular moats) with a mountain at the center. Atlanteans built bridges to connect the mountain with the rest of the island; a great canal was dug to the sea. Tunnels were carved into the rings of rock so that ships could pass into the city around the mountain; docks were carved from the rock walls of the moats. Every passage to the city was guarded by gates & towers, & a wall surrounded the city's rings. The civilization was powerful: it conquered parts of Libya until Egypt & subjected the people to slavery. In 9600 BC, Atlantis failed to overcome the resistance from Athens & afterwards there occurred violent earth...

Not sure where this should go, so I stuffed it in General ATM :p  Who is Sedna? Inuit sea goddess of life & death. Her name was bestowed on a newly discovered planet found in the farthest corner of our solar system. Rowie was fascinated with the legend when she knew Sedna wasn't the usual Greek/Roman goddess (usually chosen to name planets etc) The fish, whales, seals & walruses sprung from her dismembered fingers The Legend... Sedna was a beautiful impulsive young girl, many men wooed her but she refused them to her father's dismay. One day a man came & promised Sedna a life of comfort; she willingly married him & he took her away to his island. He revealed that he wasn't a human but a bird. Sedna was trapped & tried to accept her new life. He wasn't able to provide her the food & shelter she desired; she grew tired of her life. Her father came to visit & learned the truth; he killed Sedna's husband & together they left on a boat bac...