Babylon

How it looked in the 1890s

Iraq. Babylon. The Ishtar Gate — Photochrom, Library of Congress · no known restrictions on publication

Between the Tigris and the Euphrates — Photochrom, Library of Congress · no known restrictions on publication

Names

Sheshachalso called Jer 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

BABYLONalso called Rev 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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