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Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Ishtar gate. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon (in the area of present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq).It was constructed c. 569 BC [1] by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.
Reconstruction of Ishtar Gate in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Dates approximate. 575 – Ishtar Gate in Babylon constructed. [1] 530 – Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum established; 520 – Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, begun (completed 132 CE). 515 – Construction of Persepolis, capital of the Achaemenid Empire, begins. 500:
The mušḫuššu most famously appears on the Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the sixth century BCE. The form mušḫuššu is the Akkadian nominative of Sumerian: 𒈲𒍽 MUŠ.ḪUŠ, 'reddish snake', sometimes also translated as 'fierce snake'. [2]
The Ishtar Gate, one of Babylon's eight inner city gates, was constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II c. 575 BC. The reconstructed gate is exhibited at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin .
A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate is located in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Nebuchadnezzar is also credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, said to have been built for his homesick wife, Amytis. Whether the gardens actually existed is a matter of dispute.
The main display is the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way of ... Two pump houses built in the ground during the initial construction between 1910 and 1930 had ...
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Robert Johann Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) was a German archaeologist, famous for his in-depth excavation of the ancient city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq.