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The Ziggurat and the Temple of
Bel-Marduk in Babylon adapted from the reconstruction published in
1913 by Robert Koldewey |
Glazed brick decorations in the
throne room of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon discovered by
Robert Koldewey and published in 1913 |
Panoramic view over the site of
ancient Babylon published in 1913 by Robert Koldewey |
Robert Koldewey's plan of the palace
of Nebuchadnezzar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon based on his
excavations in the early 20th century |
Robert Koldewey's reconstruction of
the palace of Nebuchadnezzar and the Ishtar Gate looking south
(published 1913) |
The eastern gate of the palace of
Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon opening onto the processional way, as
excavated by Robert Koldewey |
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Koldewey's plan of Babylon based on
his excavations (1913) |
The seven stage funeral pyre of
Hephaistion, based on the description by Diodorus and imitating the
ziggurat shown in the background (late 19th century) |
Reconstruction of the hanging gardens
of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the world, based on ancient
descriptions and published in 1878 |
Engraving of Babylon published in
1736 and based on ancient descriptions |
The Roman fortress of Babylon at
Cairo in Egypt as shown in the Description of Egypt, Antiquities V,
Pl 20 – its fall to the Arabs in AD641 precipitated the capitulation
of Alexandria in AD642 |
Imaginative reconstruction of the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon by Johannes van den Avele, 1685 |
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Imaginative reconstruction of the
Palace of Semiramis in Babylon by Johannes van den Avele, 1685 |
Archaeological painting of one of the glazed brick bulls (aurochs)
found decorating the Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon (1902) |
Archaeological painting of one of the glazed brick lions found
decorating the Processional Way of ancient Babylon (1900) |
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