#ishtar gates

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snakehedd:

Hey,@sisterofiris,@mastabas-and-mushussu,@michi-izkur-ereshkigal , and @ishtargates , yall wanna see something cool?

The Ishtar Gate

A magnificent treasure of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, built around 575 BCE at the order of King Nebuchadnezzar II.

An artifact literally from Biblical times.

But you know what else is cool?

Ya boy Alex at the Ishtar Gate!

Bonus for @sisterofiris : Neo-Hittite reliefs!

Taken by the author at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany

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