Babylonia
There are 354 items in Babylonia:
Esarhaddon and his mother attend the restoration of Babylon |
Babylon, Figurine of Europa on a bull |
Babylon, Gate of Ištar |
Babylon, Gate of Ištar, Reconstruction |
Babylon, Hanging Gardens
Hanging Gardens of Babylon: one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There is no evidence that it existed.Babylon was the cultural capital of the ancient Near East. Many monuments have become famous, like the Ištar Gate, now in…Babylon, Ishtar Gate
Walls of Babylon and Ištar Gate: two famous monuments in Babylon, belonging to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ištar…
Babylon, Neo-Hittite lion |
Babylon, Palace wall |
Babylon, Royal procession entering the Gate of Ištar. In front: the Procession Street; center: the Ištar Gate; on the horizon: the Etemenanki. |
Babylon, Ruin of the Etemenanki: foundations in a wetland |
Babylon, The East India House Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II |
Babylonia
Babylonia is the Greek name of what the inhabitants knew as Mât Akkadî, the fertile alluvial plain between the Euphrates and Tigris. This was the heartland of the Babylonian Empire, which dominated the ancient Near East between the fall of…