July 22, 2010: Day in Berlin, Germany – Ishtar Gate!

Had a fun day in Berlin – walked around and saw the Brandenburg Gate – went to some museums.  Lot of walking.  Weather is nice.  Cloudy this evening, though.  No rain 🙂

Brandenburg Gate

Where are we where are we 🙂

Cross

Brandenburg Gate

We went to the Pergamon Museum – which has a ton of ancient Greek art and Babylonia works.  OLD!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Museum

Pergamon Altar in the background – was brought back from Greece.  It is much larger than it appears
It is from the 2nd Century BC

From Babylon

Ishtar Gate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate

The Ishtar Gate (Assyrian: ܕܵܪܘܲܐܙܲܐ ܕܥܵܐܫܬܲܪ translit: Darwaza D’Ishtar, Arabic:بوابة عشتار) was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.

Dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Gate was constructed of blue glazed tiles with alternating rows of bas-relief sirrush (dragons) and aurochs.

Ishtar Gate – 575 BC!!!!  Now that is old.