The original Ishtar Gate (left, a 1980s replica ... portraying a dark time in the land that would become Iraq. That 4,000-year-old lament sounded all too contemporary in April as Baghdad mobs ...

the Ishtar Gate was a tribute to Goddess Ishtar. A replica of this gateway now serves as a prime tourist attraction in Iraq, ...

A panel composed of glazed nicks shows a lion in bas relief, symbolizing Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, from the Ishtar gate, Babylon, dating to Nabuchadnessar (650-562.B.C.), is ...

The Ishtar Gate, an entrance to the northern part of ... "U.S. forces respect historical sites in Iraq," she added. The United Nations lists additional damage to the site, including trenches ...