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Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gates, Babylon (at the Pergamum Museum, Berlin). The gates were built in 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. Dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the gate was constructed using glazed brick with alternating rows of bas-relief

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Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gates, Babylon (at the Pergamum Museum, Berlin). The gates were built in 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. inscription of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. Dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the gate was constructed using glazed brick with alternating rows of bas-relief