The Great Gate of Ishtar which stood at the entrance to Babylon has inspired awe since the 6th Century BC. Amanda Ruggeri finds out why.

Archaeologists measured the magnetic fields found in clay bricks to determine the construction date of Babylon's Ishtar Gate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Mushkhushshu most famously appears on the reconstructed Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the sixth century BC. In ancient Babylon, mushhushshu (pronounced “moosh-hoosh-shoo”) was a ...

The Ishtar Gate led to Babylon’s Processional Way, which stretched for over half a mile across the city. A statue of the god Marduk was carried along it during the New Year Festival.

US soldiers take pictures of the Ishtar Gate in the ancient city of Babylon, on September 28, 2003. At ancient Babylon's Ishtar Gate -- workers labour with a heavy saw, hammers, a chisel and ...

A new World Monuments Fund (WMF) project in Babylon, funded as part of a $3m donation by the US embassy in Baghdad first bestowed in 2018, aims to repair and restore the famed Ishtar Gate by this ...