We studied the city of Babylon during early April. The Ishtar Gate was part of the city wall of Babylon and was decorated in glazed blue tiles (some of the earliest decorated tiles ever excavated!). Images of dragons and bulls covered the blue walls. I thought that the gate was beautiful and wanted to recreate it for our home, but we made some minor adjustments.
Instead of tiles we used cardboard, construction paper and paints.
We also made lions and the angels from the Ark of the Covenant instead of Babylonian idols.
A fantastic project! I really loved how it turned out!
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We saw that in Berlin! You kids did an awesome job!!! Love those great projects!!!
One of the dragons is at the Detroit Art Institute. We would really like to go see it with our kids sometime. Of course, seeing a part in Berlin would be great too!
Oh, Isabel.
You can also see a great exhibit at the Oriental Institute in Chicago. The guides there are wonderful! And there are also lots of hands on things for the children to do.
Liesl
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