THE REVELATION

Fact and Fiction - We have a fabulous story that has enchanted people for more than two thousand years. A few parts of it are fairly well known to be true. We have a lot of historical proof to rely on. Other parts of the story are contradictory, in that they don’t make sense if other parts are true. And some parts of the story are simply lost, completely unknown.

Think of it as a puzzle, a word game (like Wheel of Fortune). We have some of the letters and some are blank. So we try to guess what letters are missing that would make sense if they were put together with the letters we have.

Sometimes, to figure out history, we have to guess about parts. But we have to try and guess in a way that makes sense of the parts we know, and answers the questions that the contradictory parts have raised. If there are mysteries, our guess should offer an answer that seems to explain the mystery in a logical and plausible way.

This guess is fiction. We can’t prove it’s the true answer, but we should believe it’s a very reasonable answer.

My story of “The Garden of Amytis” takes the known facts, and adds fiction to fill in the missing parts, but the fiction is realistic and responsible so it seems to make sense of the legend and explain the mysteries. Maybe some day we’ll find real historical relics that truly explain the mysteries of the Hanging Gardens, but until then, I believe this story is the best explanation of the legend of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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