학술논문

Magical Beasts of Babylon.
Document Type
Article
Source
Archaeology. Nov/Dec2019, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p44-47. 4p. 4 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.
Subject
*SPIRITUALISM
*ISHTAR Gate (Babylon)
*MONUMENTS
Language
ISSN
0003-8113
Abstract
The article reports that historian Elizabeth Knott and her colleague Anastasia Amrhein explored how the processional way and gate stood at the literal and metaphysical junction between humans and the divine, were monuments to the Babylonians' past and to their relationship with the natural, man-made, and spiritual worlds. It mentions Ishtar Gate's designers adorned it with vividly colored glazed reliefs depicting hundreds upon hundreds of ferocious creatures.