ishtar gate

Only one of Babylon's city gates, the Gate of Ishtar – northern entrance to the city at the end of the Processional Way [...] – was particularly richly dec...

Mesopotamia fueled some of the crucial inventions in history, ranging from the cursive script, advanced astronomy to complex mathematics.

We decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeology Museums on the grounds of the Topkapı Palace outer gardens. Inside, they have a breathtaking collection of glazed brick reliefs from ancient Babylon. Many major museums around the world have lion reliefs from the processional way but in Istanbul they have bulls and "dragons from the actual gate.

Walter Anger - Babylon, Looking for Ishtar Gate including the Processional Way 1927, watercolor

"The Ishtar Gate of Babylon was one of the gates into the inner city. It was constructed in around 575 BC by King Nebuchadnezzar II"

👑 BABYLONIAN KINGDOM 👑 ISHTAR GATE IN BABYLON 👑