The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: From Fragment to Monument

by Helen Gries

The lavishly decorated Ishtar Gate was one of ancient Babylon's city gates. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II built it in the 6th century BCE. During the annual New Year festival, the processions of the gods passed through this gate as they entered the city centre. But how did the Babylonians make the glazed bricks used in the gate's construction? What was the significance of the lions, dragons, and bulls that adorned the gate? How and why did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3795437261
• ISBN13: 9783795437268
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Schnell & Steiner
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 30.59 lbs.