Ishtar Gate

Isaac Kremer/ November 21, 2025/ / 0 comments

A gate to the inner city of Assyrian city of Babylon. The Ishtar Gate was built about 575BC by King Nebuchadnezzar II and was one of the Ancient Seven Wonders of the World. The gate is covered with striking blue-glazed tiels and also features bas-relief sirrush dragons and bulls that line the Processional Way passing through the gate. The gate is a reconstruction; only the original foundations and a few glazed bricks were discovered. The reconstructed Gate and Processional Way were built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The structure stands 14-meters-high and 30-meters-wide. (Ambrose, 2008)

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