Ishtar Gate

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Architecture · c. 575 BC · Babylon · Middle East

Nebuchadnezzar II's blue-glazed gate with bulls and Marduk's dragons

Ishtar Gate — Rictor Norton · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Mesopotamian art — Clay, brick and relief serving king and god: ziggurats, victory steles, winged guardians
Century: 6th century BC

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