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Babil

archaeological site, Iraq
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  • Ishtar Gate reconstruction
    Babylon
    / The present site

    The main mounds are (1) Babil, the remains of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace in the northern corner of the outer rampart, (2) Qasr, comprising the palace complex (with a building added in Persian times), the Ishtar Gate, and the Emakh temple, (3) Amran ibn Ali, the ruins of Esagila, (4) Merkez, marking…

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    The main mounds are (1) Babil, the remains of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace in the northern corner of the outer rampart, (2) Qasr, comprising the palace complex (with a building added in Persian times), the Ishtar Gate, and the Emakh temple, (3) Amran ibn Ali, the ruins of Esagila, (4) Merkez, marking…

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