how was the hanging garden of babylon was the it hanging?

Answer 1

The Hanging Gardens probably did not really "hang" in the sense of being suspended from cables or ropes. The name comes from an inexact translation of the Greek word kremastos or the Latin word pensilis, which mean not just "hanging", but "overhanging" as in the case of a terrace or balcony.

Answer 2

Dont try to imagine these gardens hanging with ropes or wires from the roof of the palace. According to archeologists and scientists the hanging garden was someway overhanging in contradiction to the other palace. So imagine that these gardens were in levels like a pyramid that had the space in every level to host a garden. Just think of the rice grows in china and the way that they are constructed. Each level is higher from the other and each of these levels has a narrow path that is used as a garden. The hanging garden of Babylon used the water from the Euphrate River to grow so they became really big...