The Greek word for star, aster, is derived from Ishtar, the Babylonian fertility goddess, whom the Greeks identified with the planet Venus.

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Emergency interventions should be undertaken by SBAH and reported upon, including in particular repair of the Ninmakh temple, Nabu-sha-Hare-, Ishtar-Temple and the Inner City Wall.

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They later realized that the morning and evening stars were the same celestial body, which they called Aphrodite, the goddess of love, thus perpetuating the cult of Babylonian Ishtar.

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In the Pergamon, it is positioned at the beginning of the processional road leading to the Gates of Ishtar, the ornately tiled entrance to Babylon that is one of the most impressive reconstructions in the museum's collection.

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Following excavations in the early 20th century, European archaeologists claimed key features such as the remains of the famous Ishtar Gate -- the glazed brick gate decorated with images of dragons and aurochs, built in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II as the eighth gate to the inner city.

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