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Walls: Walls of Babylon

NCCS Encyclopedia and Database Articles

Bablyon (article from Britannica)
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Bablyon (article from World Book)
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Video and SO MUCH Information

The Ishtar Gate and Neo-Babylonian art and architecture (from Smart History: The Center for Public Art History)
Take a look at the 6:50 min video about the Istar Gate and Procession that is in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
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Web Resources

Babylon (from History.com)
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King Nabonidus and the Great Walls of Babylon
The Museum Journal (Penn Museum)
Babylon (from UNESCO World Heritage Convention)
Babylon (from World Heritage Site)

Babylon in Art

The Walls of Babylon

1572 - Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612) After a drawing of 1570 by Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish (active Haarlem and Rome), 1498–1574) (from: Philadelphia Museum of Art)