(Prudent Press Agency)-- This is not only the most popular wonder, it is also the one that has provoked the most interest and disputes as to its very existence. An ancient historian, Herodotus, from 450 BC, wrote about Babylon and the awe that it put into the people that had the good luck to see it; this is a quote by him: "In addition to its size, Babylon surpasses in splendor any city in the known world," he then goes on to describe the walls of the city, he claimed that the walls of Babylon were wide enough to allow a four-horse chariot to turn with ease, the thing is these days it has been proven that although the walls were very impressive, they were not quite so wide as Herodotus said they were. ...
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(Prudent Press Agency)-- This is not only the most popular wonder, it is also the one that has provoked the most interest and disputes as to its very existence. An ancient historian, Herodotus, from 450 BC, wrote about Babylon and the awe that it put into the people that had the good luck to see it; this is a quote by him: "In addition to its size, Babylon surpasses in splendor any city in the known world," he then goes on to describe the walls of the city, he claimed that the walls of Babylon were wide enough to allow a four-horse chariot to turn with ease, the thing is these days it has been proven that although the walls were very impressive, they were not quite so wide as Herodotus said they were. ...