The Hanging Gardens weren’t “hanging” as we think of the word today.
They were an engineering masterpiece—a series of tiered terraces resembling a mountain, covered in trees, flowers, and exotic plants.
Water flowed continuously through the gardens. But how?
In 600 BCE, Babylonian engineers pulled off the greatest feat in ancient architectural history:
They built a lush, self-sustaining garden in the middle of a desert.
But what they created next nearly destroyed physics and archaeology forever.
Here’s the full story: 🧵
"Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you... we are getting wokeness OUT of our schools and out of our military." - President Donald J. Trump
Home sweet home!🌕
Carrying a suite of @NASA science and technology, @fireflyspace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed on the Moon at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2.
The Blue Ghost lander is in an upright and stable configuration. Learn more >> https://t.co/HfesB7s60z
A venit rugăciunea
✍️ Marius Iordăchioaia
A venit rugăciunea ca o fată desculță
ca și cum veșnicia s-ar fi trezit
din adâncul inimii și-ar fi început să alerge
prin toate clipele
ce le-am trăit...
A venit rugăciunea ca o fată desculță
alergând prin viața mea ca prin spini
Și sângele care-i curge, în mine, din pași
e răsăritul de dragoste
al altei lumi...
📸 https://t.co/rzpEVhBLXH / Mircea Florescu
More postcards from the planets: a few views captured by NASA spacecraft across the solar system during the past week.
- Jupiter from the #JunoMission
- Mars from @NASAPersevere
- The Sun from SDO
- Earth from NASA's EPIC camera aboard @NOAASatellites' DSCOVR spacecraft
Calendar Ortodox
5 martie
Sf. Mc. Conon din Isauria şi Conon Grădinarul; Sf. Cuv. Marcu Pustnicul (Zi aliturgică. Canonul Mare)
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