Beginning with the fragments of glazed brick, the reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate is traced and elucidated in accordance with how it has been conveyed through historical photographs, reconstruction drawings and archival documents. This exhibition is made possible by the Freunde der Antike auf der Museumsinsel Berlin e.
Vorderasiatisches Museum. Museumsinsel Berlin. The major architectural exhibits — such as the Processional Way, featuring the Ishtar Gate and the Market Gate of Miletus — are still accessible to people with mobility issues.
Opening times. Sun - Mon closed Tue - Wed - Thu - Fri - Sat - This website uses cookies. Those have two functions: On the one hand they are providing basic functionality for this website. When German archaeologists began excavating the city in , a surprising amount of that millennia-old magnificence remained — including the gate.
Even before excavations began, head archaeologist Robert Koldewey thought he knew what he would find. Two years later, the digging began — and the ancient city began to reveal itself. And certainly, after it was set up, it became a major tourist attraction.
After its discovery, it became one again. The German archaeologists excavated as much as they could but when World War One came in , the dig was shut down. But the Germans were still able to negotiate with the occupying British forces to ship some of their finds to Berlin, including the Gate of Ishtar.
The digging commenced March 26, , with a transverse cut through the east front of the Kasr. The finely colored fragments made their appearance in great numbers, soon followed by the discovery of the eastern of the two parallel walls, the pavement of the processional roadway, and the western wall, which supplied us with the necessary orientation for further excavations.
Search for Ishtar within the Berlin State Museums collection in the Artstor Digital Library to see the structure in the museum, frieze details, and drawings and models of the Gate and the Processional Way. March 27, Reconstructions are important in art and history because it gives us a glimpse of what an object would have looked like when it was created.
When an object is discovered or located it is not usually whole and complete. Reconstructing an object allows further study of a culture and society when we might not get a complete understanding of otherwise.
The Ishtar Gate would never have been as appreciated or studied as it is today had there not been a reconstruction. It is one thing for an artist to draw what an object might have looked like, but when an object such as the gate is reconstructed, it allows people to get a better understanding of the size, shape, look, and importance of the object. As I was reconstructing the gate, I learned more about it and now have a better understanding of the city of Babylon, the gate, and the religious importance of the gate and religious ceremonies.
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