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Aurochs from Ishtar gate

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by Ali Kalamchi
published on 07 July 2012

Aurochs from Ishtar Gate at Babylon, constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II.
On display in Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

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