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A lion and a mythical creature of Babylon, depicted on coloured glazed bricks. Babylon, the capital of ancient Babylonia, was a magnificent city under Nebuchadnezzar I.
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King Hammurabi of Babylon. Hammurabi was king from 1792 BC.
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Ornately decorated gateway in Iraq. It is a reconstruction of the Bab Ishtar Babylon (Door of Babylon) associated with the Babylonian god Ishtar. It features glazed brick relief images of dragons and bulls on a background of blue enamelled tiles.

Capital of ancient Babylonia, on the bank of the lower Euphrates River. The site is now in Iraq, 88 km/55 mi south of Baghdad and 8 km/5 mi north of Hillah,



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