The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BCE, Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was excavated in the early 20th century and a reconstruction using original bricks, completed in 1930, is now shown in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.