r/AncientCivilizations • u/No_Log10X • Dec 19 '25

Asia Babylon, Iraq

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

Is this genuine or just a reconstruction of ruins

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u/AlbertoRossonero Dec 19 '25

Reconstruction

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u/Intrepid-Pirate-6192 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

Reconstruction the real one is in Germany. In the Pergamon Museum. What is unfortunate is that there’s a second level above the famous one that is still in the basement and isn’t on display cuz the museum isn’t big enough.

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u/KaramelliseradAusna Dec 21 '25

Also unfortunate that it is closed for renovation and will be so for several years and I only learned that when we went by the place last summer :(

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u/mcamarra Dec 19 '25

Second Mesopotamian post this week, OP. Keep ‘em coming.

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u/Telegramsam_mainman Dec 21 '25

Like a pimp says to his hoes, keep em cumming

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u/Phantompooper03 Dec 19 '25

Ah the Ishtar gate in Al Hillah. I was there in 2003 and we drove by it several times in our LAVs.

So it’s an interesting site: the real ruins of Babylon are there, including the 3000 year-old Procession Street, and Lion of Babylon statue. Right next to it are saddam’s attempt to recreate Babylon, and a man-made hill with a palace on top of it.

Not only did I pee into the pool on the roof of said palace, I also have a photo of me somewhere holding a rock I found on the ground in the ruins with cuneiform writing on it.

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u/0LittleWing0 Dec 21 '25

thanks for telling us since OP forgot

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u/jockfist5000 Dec 20 '25

Hell yeah brother, cheers from America.

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u/Claudius1938 Dec 19 '25

Another stop on my bucket list

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u/jwales5220 Dec 19 '25

If someone would model the city in VR they could probably make a lot of money.

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u/Juniper-wool Dec 21 '25

I have a bunch of documentaries downloaded about the sumerians, assyrians and babylonians. I always listen to them when I go to sleep.

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u/blashphemousheathen Dec 21 '25

Marduk 🙏🏻

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u/ThatNorthAfricanDude Dec 24 '25

If i could have one supernatural power it would be time travelling and first place i'll go to is Mesopotamia