The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Some stories indicate the Hanging Gardens towered hundreds of feet into the air, but archaeological explorations indicate a more modest, but still impressive, height. (Copyright Lee Krystek, 1998) The ancient city of Babylon, under King Nebuchadnezzar II, must have been a wonder to the traveler's eyes. In addition to its size, wrote Herodotus, a historian in 450 ...