In a far-flung part of Media lived a princess by the name of Amytis. She loved above all things the region's verdant mountains and its plains redolent of rose and jasmine.
Promised to King Nebuchadnezzar II, she had to leave her native region to reign over majestic Babylon, the magnificient, magical, timeless city surrounded by the sand dunes of the desert...
Amytis and the king fell deeply in love with each over, and whiled away their days happily in the city. And yet, despite the attentiveness of her beloved, the young queen was haunted by sorrow.
Uneasy and worried about her wellbeing, the king sought advice from the goddess Ishtar. And it was she who inspired in him the idea of building some magnificient gardens in which Amytis might find once more the beauty of flowers, and the scents she loved so much.
And so it was that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon came into being, the dazzling result of undying love...