A replica of this gateway now serves as a prime tourist attraction in Iraq, enticing visitors to the historic city of Babylon ...

The Ishtar Gates are incredible, blue, and filled with so much history. Looking upon these Ocean Blue Gates of History makes you feel like you are holding hands with the past. This was the entrance to ...

The Ishtar Gate, an entrance to the northern part of the city, is decorated with animals that portray the symbol of the god of the city of Babylon. "Damage to the gate includes smashed bricks on ...

The Beautiful Blue GateThe most famous of the eight gates Nebuchadrezzar II built around Babylon, this gate was dedicated to Ishtar, goddess of love and war, and was the crowning glory of the king ...

“It was a free city for refugees, a holy city, a kind of Jerusalem.” The word “Babylon” itself means “gate of the gods.” Scores of temples served by a caste of priests catered to the ...

A RECONSTRUCTION of the blue-tiled Ishtar Gate, the northern entrance to Babylon, on display at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. (photo credit: Rictor Norton/Wikimedia Commons) Letters from Home ...

Filled with an impressive collection of Greek, Roman, East Asian and Islamic art, exhibits include pieces like the reconstructed Ishtar Gate from Babylon and the Pergamon Altar – a massive ...

A panel composed of glazed nicks shows a lion in bas relief, symbolizing Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, from the Ishtar gate, Babylon, dating to Nabuchadnessar (650-562.B.C.), is ...