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While the most descriptive accounts of the Gardens come from Greek historians such as Berossus and Diodorus Siculus, Babylonian records stay silent on the matter.
對花園最忽悠人的記述是出自Berossus 和 Diodorus Siculus等希臘歷史學家筆下, 但巴比倫的歷史記錄卻對此事只字未提。
Tablets from the time of Nebuchadnezzar do not have a single reference to the Hanging Gardens,
尼布甲尼撒時期存留下的各種書寫板上沒有一處提過空中花園。
although descriptions of his palace, the city of Babylon, and the walls are found.
對他的宮殿、巴比倫城以及巴比倫的城墻的種種描述卻很詳盡。
Even the historians who give detailed descriptions of the Hanging Gardens never saw them.
甚至那些對空中花園進行過詳細描述的歷史學家們也從沒有親眼目睹過它們。
Modern historians argue that when Alexander 's soldiers reached the fertile land of Mesopotamia and saw Babylon, they were impressed.
現代歷史學家爭論說：當亞力山大的士兵們到達了富饒的美索不達米亞地區并看到了巴比倫時，他們深為（眼前的美景）所震撼。
When they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at Mesopotamia...
當他們后來回到崎嶇不平的家鄉時，帶回了有關美索不達米亞的令人驚嘆的花園和椰子樹……
About the palace of Nebuchadnezzar...
有關尼布甲尼撒的宮殿……
About the Tower of Babel and the ziggurats.And it was the imagination of poets
以及有關巴別塔和金字型神塔的各種故事
and ancient historians that blended all these elements together to produce one of the World Wonders.
是詩人和古代歷史學家的想象力把這所有的元素混合在一起制造出了世界奇觀之一。
It wasn't until the twentieth century that some of the mysteries surrounding the Hanging Gardens were revealed.
直到二十世紀，圍繞著空中花園的一些不解之迷才被揭示出來。
Archaeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence,
在得到關于花園的地理位置、灌溉系統，和真正面目的最終結論之前，
before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the Gardens, their irrigation system, and their true appearance.
考古學家們仍在努力地收集足夠的證據。
