(Assyrian: ܕܵܪܘܲܐܙܲܐ ܕܥܵܐܫܬܲܪ translit: Darwaza D'Ishtar, Arabic:بوابة عشتار)
build by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city around year 575 BC, Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.
What used to be One of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World till it got replaced in the 6 century A.D.
by the Lighthouse of Alexandria
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*What i found during my pottery "Info-Window-Shoppings" =_
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