Processional Way
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The Processional Way was a significant road in ancient Babylon, connecting the city's temples to its royal palaces. This major thoroughfare, paved with burned bricks and shaped stones set in bituminous mortar, was part of the city's infrastructure, notably leading to the impressive Ishtar Gate. The Ishtar Gate, built around 575 BCE, was an enormous entryway decorated with glazed brick reliefs of dragons and bulls. The Processional Way itself was lined with brick lions and extended over half a mile, serving as a grand avenue within the fortified city. This road, along with the Ishtar Gate, has been unearthed and parts are housed in Berlin's Pergamon Museum.12
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