– A visit to the ancient city of Babylon:
A great historical city located in Babylon Governorate, famous for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (the Hanging Gardens), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Ishtar Gate, and the legendary Tower of Babel ,It consists of:
Ishtar Gate (ܕܵܪܘܲܐܙܲܐܕܥܵܐܫܬܲܪ):
Which was built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, and is considered the eighth gate to the city of Babylon. In 575 BC. It is entirely covered with blue alabaster, white marble, and colored tiles. It was decorated with 575 prominent animal shapes, including the dragon known as Siroush and bulls. Names of Ishtar (Ishtar, Ashtar, Ishtar, Ashrot, or Astarte).
– Hanging rockeries
The Hanging Gardens are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and it is the only wonder that is believed to be a legend. It is the first experiment in vertical farming in history.
The historical description of the gardens is strongly apparent in the palace of Sennacherib in Nineveh, the Assyrian king who lived a hundred years before Nebuchadnezzar.
– Babel’s Lion:
It is a wonderful statue of a lion that was found in the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq in the year 1776 by a German archaeological excavation mission.
