Where is ishtar

US and Polish troops used the archaeological site as a base after the invasion of Iraq, causing extensive damage Rex Features.

According to a study by the British Museum , the damage was extensive: some , sq m 4, acres of the archaeological site had been covered with gravel, which also contaminated unexcavated areas; trenches had been dug into archaeological mounds; a heavy vehicle had driven on, and broken the pavement of the Processional Way; nine dragon figures on the Gate of Ishtar — whose foundations with their moulded, animal-decorated bricks remain in Babylon — had been damaged.

After some 2, years of wars, plunder and neglect, it seemed, the site had met one of its surest enemies. Today, it is too soon to tell what will happen with the site and its preservation.

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