Gardens
Reconstruction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world were within the palace area. Nebuchadnezzar may have been walking here when he admired `the house of the kingdom` (Daniel iv, 30, 31)..

Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate on Babylon`s Processional Way is decorated with fine examples of glyptic art..
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Palace
Under Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon reached the zenith of it glory. Pulling down the royal abode of his father, Nabopolassar, he erected a new one on its site and then greatly enlarged it.. His palace-area shown in this reconstruction was on both sides of the Euphrates, which was spanned by a fine bridge for traffic. The famous building of the Hanging Gardens is in the background on the right. The lofty temple of Marduk, with the staged tower of the E-temenanki, is seen here on the left.

Khorsabad
Pomp and Circumstance in the Palace of an Assyrian King.

Khorsabad
Reconstruction of the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad..

Nineveh
A restoration of the palaces of Nineveh on the west bank of the Tigris. On the left we see the palace of Ashurbanipal (668-627 B.C.). On the right is the palace of Esarhaddon (680-668 B.C.).. The palace-area shown in this reconstruction was on both sides of the Euphrates, which was spanned by a fine bridge for traffic. The famous building of the Hanging Gardens is in the background on the right. The lofty temple of Marduk, with the staged tower of the E-temenanki, is seen here on the left.

Nippur
Map of Nippur on a clay tablet. c. 1500 BC..

Persepolis
Shafts and colonnades of the hypostyle hall of Xerxes. This served as a throne room or hall of audience.. It was open to the air all the way round, but the spaces between the columns could be closed with gorgeous hangings on the sunny side.

Persepolis
Persepolis - the halls and buildings of the Persian kings..

Persepolis
Propylaea of Xerxes at Persepolis.

Shushan
Shushan the Palace, home of Nehemiah and Esther. Built by Darius, it was the winter residence of the Persian kings. There Artaxerxes noted Nehemiah`s sadness and gave him permission to rebuild Jerusalem (Nehemiah ii, 2-6). There too, `Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom` (Esther i,2) and Esther petitioned the King for her people. An early photo (below) & reconstruction (above).

Ziggurat
The Ziggurat or `Mountain of God` at Ur. Erected by Ur-Engur, king about 2400 BC. An early photograph of the site..

Ziggurat
The Ziggurat or `Mountain of God` at Ur. Erected by Ur-Engur, king about 2400 BC. Reconstructed..

Ur
Excavations outside the wall of the Sacred Area of Ur uncovered a residential quarter which was extant in 2000 B.C. An early photograph..

Babylon
Topographical map of Babylon, looking from the Ishtar Gate.

Ahava
`The river that runneth to Ahava`.

Arsaces
Coin of Arsaces in Parthia.

Babel
The Birs-Nimrud, a traditional Tower of Babel.

Babylon
Babylon.

Babylon
Birs Nimroud, one of the remains of Babylon.

Babylon
The glory of Babylon.

Chebar
Kebar or Chebar river, the scene of Ezekiel`s vision.

Chebar
Kebar or Chebar river, the scene of Ezekiel`s vision.

Darius
Hamadan and the ruins of Darius.

Eden
Isle of Kishm, in the Persian Gulf: one supposed site of the Garden of Eden.

Knossos
Reconstruction of part of the Palace at Knossos, reflecting the ideas of Sir Arthur Evans, the original excavator.

Machpelah
Machpelah (Gen.23.17-20, 25.9, 49.30, 50.13).

Mesopotamia
Coin of Mesopotamia.

Nineveh
Khorsabad or Dor Sargina (City of Sargon), part of ancient Nineveh.

Nineveh
Temple in Khorsabad or Dor Sargina (City of Sargon), part of ancient Nineveh. Entrance to the Temple Court is guarded by winged bulls..

Nineveh
Palace of Sennacherib at Kouyunjik (Nineveh).

Nineveh
Place where Jonah is supposed to have been cast ashore.

Persepolis
Persepolis, ruins, capital of the Persians under Darius - cf Ezk.27.10, 38.5 - where the city is called `Persia`.

Persepolis
Persepolis, tomb at.

Persepolis
Ruins of Persepolis, the place of sculpture of the Persian kings.

Persia
A Persian landscape.

Susa
Ruins of Susa.

Ur
Ur (Urfah).