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Ishtar Gate

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Long ago, a king built a big gate.

Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum.jpg
Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum.jpg
It was bright blue. It had pictures of dragons and bulls.
Mushkhusshu, il drago-serpente raffigurato sulla porta di Ishtar - Pergamon Museum, Berlin.jpg
Mushkhusshu, il drago-serpente raffigurato sulla porta di Ishtar - Pergamon Museum, Berlin.jpg
This gate was in a city called Babylon. It looks very pretty. Do you like the color blue?

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File:Berlín, Museo de Pérgamo 05.jpg
Berlín, Museo de Pérgamo 05.jpg
File:Mushkhusshu, il drago-serpente raffigurato sulla porta di Ishtar - Pergamon Museum, Berlin.jpg
Mushkhusshu, il drago-serpente...
File:Close-up of Ishtar Gate tiles, Pergamon Museum 3.jpg
Close-up of Ishtar Gate tiles, Pergamon...
File:Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum.jpg
Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum.jpg
File:Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Inscription plaque of the Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq. 6th century BCE. Pergamon Museum.jpg
Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Inscription...
File:Ishtar-gate-بوابة-عشتار.jpg
Ishtar-gate-بوابة-عشتار.jpg
File:Fonds Lucien Golvin (1908-2002) - Iraq - Babylone - Porte d'Ishtar (MédiHAL 4694048).jpg
Fonds Lucien Golvin (1908-2002) - Iraq -...
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