Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate; the eighth

Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate; the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was excavated in the early 20th century and a reconstruction using original bricks is now shown in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin

Babylon Bricks Chaldean Constructed Excavated Glazed Ishtar Nebuchadnezzar Neo-babylonian Pergamon

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