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The year is 600 BC and we're in Babylon, in what is now Iraq.
The sun beats down on the desert like ground, and the air is dry.
You can feel the dust in your throat.
The only sounds are the minute pitter patter of insects scuttling across the stones to seek shade and the warm wind gently stirring up the dead leaves that litter the path in front of you.
But we won't feel the sun's relentless heat or taste the dryness of this arid landscape for much longer, because we're about to step into a legendary garden.
So let's imagine it, shall we?
As we ascend a bright white marble staircase, we approach the entrance to an immense garden.