Babylon Collection (#8)

The Tower of Babel, 1468-84 (detail) (fresco) (see also 736756) (b / w photo)
736755 The Tower of Babel, 1468-84 (detail) (fresco) (see also 736756) (b/w photo) by Gozzoli, Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (1420-97); Camposanto, Pisa, Italy; (add.info.: Tour de Babel; ); Alinari

Domestic life in ancient Babylon (colour litho)
2774916 Domestic life in ancient Babylon (colour litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Domestic life in ancient Babylon)

Ezra (engraving)
2814543 Ezra (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ezra. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1867 2H). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Tak-Kesra (engraving)
2814542 Tak-Kesra (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tak-Kesra. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1867 2H)

Psalm 137 (chromolitho)
2813917 Psalm 137 (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Psalm 137. Illustration for Pictorial Sunday Readings (James Sangster)

By the waters of Babylon
LLM339374 By the waters of Babylon by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: By the waters of Babylon. Cassells Illustrated Family Bible (c 1870).); © Look and Learn

Assyrian Costume
LLM458808 Assyrian Costume by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian Costume. Illustration for Le Costume Historique by M A Racinet (Firmin Didot, 1888)

Cuneiform tablet with Hymn to Marduk, 1st millennium B. C. (clay)
3740406 Cuneiform tablet with Hymn to Marduk, 1st millennium B.C. (clay) by Mesopotamian; height: 9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Scene from Sardanapalus at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool (engraving)
1036171 Scene from Sardanapalus at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sardanapalus at the Alexandra Theatre)

The Kasr, Babylon (engraving)
970971 The Kasr, Babylon (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kasr, Babylon)

The Babylonian Marriage Market (colour litho)
969880 The Babylonian Marriage Market (colour litho) by Long, Edwin (1829-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Babylonian Marriage Market)

The captives of Babylon, illustration from Pictures That Teach The Crown Series
3083005 The captives of Babylon, illustration from Pictures That Teach The Crown Series, 1920 (colour litho) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Entry of Alexander into Babylon (engraving)
671269 The Entry of Alexander into Babylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Entry of Alexander into Babylon)

The ruins of the palace of Babylon (engraving)
669484 The ruins of the palace of Babylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ruins of the palace of Babylon)

Terracotta Tablet from Babylon, Representing an Indian Dog (engraving)
670661 Terracotta Tablet from Babylon, Representing an Indian Dog (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terracotta Tablet from Babylon)

Fol. 208 and 209v Attack and Taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
XIR156877 Fol.208 and 209v Attack and Taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, copy of the original written by the monk Beatus of Liebana in c.776, from the Commentary on the Apocalypse

Capital from the chancel depicting Babilonia Deserta (limestone)
XIR41763 Capital from the chancel depicting Babilonia Deserta (limestone) by French School, (11th century); St. Pierre, Chauvigny, France; French, out of copyright

Israel in Babylon (engraving)
5204404 Israel in Babylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Israel in Babylon. Illustration for The Bible Album (Ward and Lock, c 1870)

Tower of Babel, Royal Palace and Hanging Gardens of Bablyon (coloured engraving)
6029845 Tower of Babel, Royal Palace and Hanging Gardens of Bablyon (coloured engraving) by European School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tower of Babel)

The Jews in Babylon (engraving)
6009419 The Jews in Babylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jews in Babylon)

Cuneiform tablet: record of a lawsuit, c. 20th-19th century BC (clay)
5049857 Cuneiform tablet: record of a lawsuit, c.20th-19th century BC (clay) by Assyrian School; height:16.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"Le festin de Balthazar (The Feast of Belshazzar
FIA5402907 " Le festin de Balthazar (The Feast of Belshazzar) Peinture de Franz Francken II dit le jeune (1581-1642) Collection privee by Francken

La femme babylonienne - The Babylonian woman - Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)
FIA5407416 La femme babylonienne - The Babylonian woman - Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). Gouache on cardboard, 1899. Dimension : 31, 5x43, 5 cm Private Collection by Gallen-Kallela

Specimens of the Hittite Inscriptions (engraving)
1594778 Specimens of the Hittite Inscriptions (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimens of the Hittite Inscriptions)

The return of the exiles. - Bible
3779972 The return of the exiles. - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: The return of the exiles to Zion)

Babylonian Antiquities at the British Museum (engraving)
1624280 Babylonian Antiquities at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babylonian Antiquities at the British Museum)

Storm God Ishchall, Babylon, c. 2000-1600 BC
3288413 Storm God Ishchall, Babylon, c.2000-1600 BC by Babylonian; Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo eZev Radovan; out of copyright

Figure of the great Babylon (chromolitho)
964115 Figure of the great Babylon (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure of the great Babylon (Figure de la Grande Babylone)

King Nebuchadnezzar (engraving)
976533 King Nebuchadnezzar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Nebuchadnezzar. Illustration for The Prize Bible (Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, c 1890)

The fiery furnace (chromolitho)
976510 The fiery furnace (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fiery furnace. Daniel 3:26)

Semiramis, legendary queen of Assyria and Babylonia and her son Ninias
XEE4404545 Semiramis, legendary queen of Assyria and Babylonia and her son Ninias. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Semiramis)

Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Balthazar condemns. King Balthazar (Belshatsar
XEE4138528 Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Balthazar condemns. King Balthazar (Belshatsar) at the table sees a hand that in three words writes the end of his sentence. Illustration from 1811

Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Joachim shoots irons
XEE4138116 Bible of Royaumont, Old Testament: Joachim shoots irons. Evilmerodach (Evil Merodac, Evil Merodac), King of Babylon, after the death of Nebuchadnezzar II, treats Joachim (Joakim, Joachin)

Reconstruction of the temples and palaces along the river of Babylon - Mesopotamia
XEE4162445 Reconstruction of the temples and palaces along the river of Babylon - Mesopotamia: reconstruction of the city of Babylon, built under the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II

Oriental antiquite: end of a bronze drawboard representing a horn dragon head
JLJ4667544 Oriental antiquite: end of a bronze drawboard representing a horn dragon head, symbol of the god Mardouk (Marduk). From Babylon. 7th or 6th century BC

Semiramis Building Babylon (oil on canvas, 1861)
LRI4663284 Semiramis Building Babylon (oil on canvas, 1861) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Semiramis Building Babylon Painting by Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

The Tower of Babel, c. 1565 (oil on wood panel)
3617966 The Tower of Babel, c.1565 (oil on wood panel) by Brueghel, Pieter The Elder (c.1525-69); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; (add.info.: Little Tower of Babel); Flemish

The Persians storming the Citadel of Babylon in 539 BC, from Hutchinson
3614189 The Persians storming the Citadel of Babylon in 539 BC, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School

Babylonian votaress despatching a caravan for trade, from Hutchinson
3614184 Babylonian votaress despatching a caravan for trade, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School

The end of the exile, from The Bible Picture Book published by Thomas Nelson, c
3482230 The end of the exile, from The Bible Picture Book published by Thomas Nelson, c.1950 (colour litho) by Margetson, William Henry (1861-1940); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Abednigo, The Fiery Furnace, West Window, 1870 (stained glass)
3475467 Abednigo, The Fiery Furnace, West Window, 1870 (stained glass) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); All Saints Church, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire

Israel in captivity in Babylon (engraving)
669481 Israel in captivity in Babylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Israel in captivity in Babylon)

Nebuchadnezzar II, King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
6317492 Nebuchadnezzar II, King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 605 BC - c. 562 BC. King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire)

Chariot horses of Nineveh
LLM339370 Chariot horses of Nineveh by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chariot horses of Nineveh. Cassells Illustrated Family Bible (c 1870).); © Look and Learn

Captivity in Babylon
LLM338902 Captivity in Babylon by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captivity in Babylon)

Entrance of Cyrus into Babylon, illustration from Hutchinson
STC357940 Entrance of Cyrus into Babylon, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: In 538 BCE)

John Murray, Albomarle Street, 1852
LLM457950 John Murray, Albomarle Street, 1852 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Murray, Albomarle Street, 1852)

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"Babylon: A Timeless Tale of Grandeur and Mystery" Step into the enchanting world of Babylon, a city that has captivated imaginations for centuries. From the awe-inspiring Hanging Gardens to the majestic Ishtar Gate, this ancient metropolis holds secrets waiting to be unraveled. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were a testament to human ingenuity and beauty. Imagine strolling through lush greenery cascading from towering terraces, creating an oasis in the heart of a bustling city. At Berlin's Pergamon Museum, you can catch a glimpse of history with the Ishtar Gate from Babylon. Its vibrant blue glazed bricks adorned with mythical creatures transport you back to an era when artistry knew no bounds. Legend intertwines with reality as we recall Daniel and Belshazzar's tale within these walls. The prophetic visions and mysterious writings have fascinated scholars throughout time, leaving us pondering their significance even today. Babylon's lion roared proudly along its Processional Way, symbolizing power and majesty. This magnificent creature decorated this grand avenue where kings paraded during religious ceremonies—a sight that must have left spectators in awe. As depicted by John Martin's masterpiece "The Fall of Babylon, " we witness destruction amidst chaos—an epic scene capturing both tragedy and triumph. The artist skillfully portrays the downfall of this once-mighty empire while reminding us that all great civilizations eventually face their demise. Delve deeper into history through artifacts like Cyrus the Great's Cylinder—its Akkadian cuneiform script revealing tales long forgotten. These relics offer glimpses into everyday life in ancient Babylonia—the customs, beliefs, and achievements etched onto clay tablets for eternity. A chronological chart brings together visions from Daniel and John—two prophets who transcended time itself. Their prophecies continue to intrigue scholars seeking meaning behind cryptic symbols and divine messages.