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...encompassing the five fortification walls and rising more than 75 ft. (23 m). On its vivid blue, glazed-brick façade appeared 150 bulls and dragons, alternating in yellow and white, to honor Adad, the god of wind, and Marduk, Babylon's chief deity. Panels also depicted the mushhushshu, a dragon-like creature covered in scales - its front legs feline, its hind legs belonging to a bird of prey, its tail resembling a scorpion's stinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babylon: Visions of Vice | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

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