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Qasr

archaeological site, Iraq

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Babylon’s ruins

  • Ishtar Gate reconstruction
    In Babylon: The present site

    …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 the ancient residential area east of Esagila, (5) Humra, containing rubble removed by Alexander from…

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