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Reach for the Sky: Ishtar Games

Reach for the Sky: Ishtar Games

Shlama! (Aramaic greeting)Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II constructed the Ishtar Gates circa 575 BCE as the main entrance into the city of Babylon (present day Iraq).  Dedicated to Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, love, and war, the gates measure more than 38...