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Published: 2020-09-19 16:21:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 796; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 2
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Aletheia church is starting a series into the book of Daniel. This is an exciting venture visually because the worlds of Babylon and Persia which are rich and colorful. To start, this is Daniel and his friends being shipped to the land of Shinar, the ancient city of Babylon. Here are some of the archaeological and cultural details of interest:To get there, they would have gone through the Ishtar Gate, which you can actually go see at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_G…
The walls were covered in blue glazed brick and featured Lions: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_G…
Sirrush (Dragons): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_G…
and Auroch (Bulls): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_G…
The Jewish being marched into the city as well as the garb of the Babylonian guards comes from a series of reliefs (flat wall carvings) depicting just that:
Babylonian noble (guard): www.dreamstime.com/ancient-bab…
Jewish captives in Babylon: the-scriptures.co.uk/studies/t…
