Ishtar Gate
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Address | Hillah, Iraq |
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Opened | 575 BC |
Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 8AM |
Did you know | A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way was built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldewey and finished in the 1930s. |
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ID | 906866 |
About Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was part of a grand walled processional way leading into the city.
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