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Dragons of the Ishtar Gate
Dragons of the Ishtar Gate
Written By Mister Gu on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 | 1:26 PM
Around 600 B.C., during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, a Babylonian artist fashioned bas reliefs on bricks used in the enormous archway of the Ishtar Gate and the high walls of the approach road. Five hundred and seventy five animals are portrayed, half being bulls, depicted just as accurately as were the lions along the Processional Way. The other 287 of those animals, are, one of