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 ...

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

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

a forlorn gift shop offers miniature plastic statues of the famous Lion of Babylon and T-shirts bearing faux cuneiform. The real Ishtar Gate, built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 B.C., was hauled ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...