Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Hi everyone,
I revised my latest work, and did some radical changes. It deserves much more, but I think I'm done.
I guess this version is much better. Hope you all feel the same. Here it is: Gardens of Babylon with a "Pan" Action Figure in it


The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis) and the walls of Babylon (near present-day Al Hillah in Iraq) are one of the Seven Wonders of the World. They were built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. He is told to have built the gardens to please his wife, Amytis of Media. She wanted to see the trees and plants of her homeland. The hanging gardens were destroyed in an earthquake after the 1st century BC.
Some people do not believe the Hanging Gardens were real. In ancient writings the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were first described by Berossus, a Chaldean priest. He lived in the late 4th century B.C. Greek historians later wrote more about them .
Recent archaeological digs of the palace in Iraq have uncovered evidence of a building with vaults and a well nearby. However, the place of the palace complex is different from where Greek historians said they were, which was on the banks of the Euphrates River.
In 450 B.C., a historian named Herodotus wrote, "In addition to it's size, Babylon surpasses any city in the known world." Herodotus said the outer walls were 80 feet thick, 320 feet high, and 56 miles in length. He said that it was wide enough for a four-horse chariot to turn. Fortresses and temples containing immense statues of solid gold were inside the inner walls.
Above the city was the famous tower of Babel, which was a temple to the God Marduk. It looked like it reached the heavens.
Archaeological examination has found that some of Herodotus's claims (the outer walls seem to be only 10 miles long, and not nearly as high) might not be true. But his story does tell us how cool the features of the city appeared to those who visited it.



Last week someone asked me if I could draw something "not evil" And also asked if I could imagine some sacred place instead of a character design. And, this is it! Hope you like it.

And pretty thanks to for her brilliant "water splash tutorial" .I drew my water splash with the help of this tutorial-[link])

And pretty thanks to the one of the greatest fantasy artists of my country (also he is like my teacher), Kerem Beyit, for his advices and helpful info.
With respect...
Ertaç

PhotoshopCS2
UC-Logic LaPazz WP5540 A6 Graphic Tablet
Approx 60 hours.