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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 pieces of the gate end up in Berlin, where the Ishtar Gate was reconstructed from thousands of fragments in the 1920s? And how authentic is this reconstruction?

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Introduction The City of Babylon The Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way The Throne Room Façade at Nebuchadnezzar ll's Palace Exploring Babylon From Babylon to Berlin The Significance and Preservation of a Piece of World Cultural Heritage Impact and Reception Appendix

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: From Fragment to

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    A Paperback / softback by Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Helen Gries

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      Publisher: Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/04/2022
      ISBN13: 9783795437268, 978-3795437268
      ISBN10: 3795437261

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 pieces of the gate end up in Berlin, where the Ishtar Gate was reconstructed from thousands of fragments in the 1920s? And how authentic is this reconstruction?

      Table of Contents
      Introduction The City of Babylon The Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way The Throne Room Façade at Nebuchadnezzar ll's Palace Exploring Babylon From Babylon to Berlin The Significance and Preservation of a Piece of World Cultural Heritage Impact and Reception Appendix

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